Machine for Making Carbonated Water

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A man operates a machine for making carbonated water and is about to fill a bottle — Savaresse's machine with oscillating cylinder.

Artist

Name:: Broux, P.
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Science & technology
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Navellier, Narcisse
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: Wellcome Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Les merveilles de l'industrie, vol. 3
Author(s):: Figuier, Louis
Publisher:: Paris: Furne, Jouvet et Cie, n.d. [1873-1877]
Open Library:: View record

Description

A man operates a machine for making carbonated water and is about to fill a bottle. The large cylinder J is filled with water, the tank A with sulfuric acid, and the tube B with calcium carbonate.
The caption reads in the original French: Appareil de Savaresse à cylindre oscillant.

Keywords: 1870s, 19th century, black & white, industrial, Les merveilles de l'industrie, machine, male, working