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by Answerbag Staff on April 17th, 2010

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Why did Samuel Fahnestock invent the soda fountain?

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  • by Ella Whardon on April 17th, 2010

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    In the early 19th century, at the peak of the Industrial Revolution, Samuel Fahnestock patented the soda fountain as a reaction to consumer desires, new technologies, and fresh ideas about supply and demand.

    Quenching the Thirst for Soda

    According to the website History of Beverage, Samuel Fahnestock invented the soda fountain in 1819 to quench the social demand for carbonated soft drinks.

    Following Schweppes

    In the late18th and early 19th centuries, carbonated water was just starting to make a splash in London with Jacob Schweppes' discovery of a mass-produced method for carbonating water. This was a precursor to the many different brands of soda that Fahnestock could offer with his soda fountain.

    By the Glass

    Fahnestock's soda fountain invention was patented for its ability to sell the newly-invented mass-produced mineral water by the glass.

    Liquid Precursors

    Precursors to Fahnestock's soda fountain, and inventions that added to the timing of his own invention, include the invention of the first soft drink in 1798 by Aloys Senefelder, and the invention of man-made carbonated water by Joseph Priestley in 1767.

    Samuel Fahnestock

    Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1764, Samuel Fahnestock had six children with his wife, Barbara Becker. He invented the soda fountain in 1819 at the age of 55, and died at the age of 72 in 1836. His youngest son, William Fahnestock, (b. 1804) became a physician, surgeon and important medical inventor.

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    History of Beverage: History of Carbonated Drinks

    Energy Returned on Energy Invested: Coal and Major Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

    The Cuttings: Samuel Fahnestock

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  • by TerraN on April 21st, 2010

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    Or, in short form, to feed peoples addictions.

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