Another fun find in Google Books, from some magazine called The New Monthly Magazine, in 1837. This is about some street urchins trying to have one over on the man selling seltzer. “The English drink Seltzer water like fish in the dog-days.” 🙂Read More →
I am currently having a blast on Google Books, which is Google’s efforts to digitize and make available the word’s books. It’s pretty remarkable. I can download as PDF or to text search online for this important study from 1804: A treatise on the internal use of the natural andRead More →
I just finished Steven Johnson’s The Invention of Air and strongly recommend it. Johnson writes popular books about scientific concepts and his work has deeply shaped my thinking. When I learned he had turned his gaze to the inventor of seltzer, I was equally concerned and excited. Concerned that IRead More →
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http://www.givemeseltzer.com/podcasts/givemeseltzer10.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadOh, there is MUCH to catch up on: An Apology, Spain, Up From Seltzer, a Slakethirst.com review, Extraterrestrial water, finewaters.com, Joseph Priestly, a History of the World in Six Glasses, and Tony Kushner. Phew!Read More →
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http://www.givemeseltzer.com/podcasts/givemeseltzer02.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadLearn what Frank Sinatra, Israel and Seltzer all have in common in this special, second Give Me Seltzer podcast. The film, Cast a Giant Shadow, and its seminal role in the history of seltzer will be our focus. Oh, and hear John Wayne speakRead More →
It has been a real hoot researching and learning about the possible use of seltzer as a form of aerial weaponry during the Israeli War of Independance.Read More →