The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-07
SODA WATER.
ALL ABOUT A REFRESHING SUM-
MiGR DRINK.
Making the Marble Fountain-Its
Interior Construction q Marvel
of Ingenuity How Soda
Water is Made.

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-12 feet cube, let us say
1 the manner in which
performed would eyciic
t, says q Boston letter to
! Picay,ne. The block is
aooGen "skids,' while a
f parallel saws, Is feet
.scends upon the marble
The frame holding the
.d and forth; under the
f,l machinery, dividing
by slow degrees into
e,s of which is regulated
geen the saws. Thus a
.be is soon transformed
slabs of 3-inches
the cutting, strange to
= done by the saws, but
mixed with water, con-
in overhead upon the
The saws, which are Of
S., grind the sand into
ne lines of cleavage, and
the slicing is accom-
eks being required to
slabs such a block as
The slab thus pro-
ghed out according
by the " copper,
e cutter prepares it
;moothing off the edges,
: being chafed down by
wet sand, it is polished
land with whetstones.
put on with felt, each
\iring some particular
y the performance of
'u3h as jewelers. rouge,
n pxalic acid. Circular
e Slab, if desired, with
's,though little ones are
tu'h 'hular drill, the pierre
4 !. IS set around with a
dlT Tionds. These stones
;iouE variety, however,
@0it useful for orna-
Rpt they cut just the
md irounded edges are
'ing3 steel instruments
autaa aanatically, and thus
rble s turned out in
,e b&td and cemented
ne ta-water fountain
cnd& | to form a part.
pre- ICED incidentally
scrl 4, by the way, is
lgTeHent for asphaltum
aAd to adulterate
the fountains inside
iaoorifous than the pre-
ructl3n of the marble
fountain as represented
Veiopnent to-day, the
azure lis the cooling ap-
the place of a
u the concern. This
shape y, of q big tank,
IL OF the room inside
sP:sotS, and kept filed
ooVtoh} of the tank is
cement of coiled metal
no "a Things resembling
Taken! together they
ost , plishment of
e =, thus far in the line
\ Ihey require very lit
t1e p"ork they do is
',oes' the cylinders and
eells' as they are called,
:ogetherF in such a way
SOFA water coming from
ptacle beneath flows
ct third db1ph an ice
el oeiof Re passing out
e ln1o the tumbler,
Iently arrives at about
Inc o%orage re-
to is intr luced under
ttached 1reapurposes of
n oyI,o,,,to1
takes if4 lace. The
solid bloavifin, and the
are II hne1 1y,th the same
.ell as the heIsolgots. This
ly emploEH to cover
which tH$ $oda water
t, for the eakon that it
poison % the drink.
even for soldering the
cells, which
a strain 5f $50 pounds
l, or about twice what
S expected to endure.
eceptacies are charged
'fmous pre- ssure so as to
bonic- -dioxi ide into tbe
Anu' DeS;de all this,
VS. the stuff must know
or it will be Hat and
; is partly on this ac-
a water at one shop is
IN at anotne er. If the
9ooo one or the mer-
his ice, thei reason for
the produ% %t is not far
a water itsel f Is always
nes original " from the
ho supply dill retailers
po So l,,,cipd
no .' 40 Dusin}ss in spots
'Piy accessio} }e by rail or
e Of soda waAer in sucb
5 quite an Interesting
S, in the first nlace t
70 explain th4 1T the bey-
"ater charged
q gas, the 11brmer tax
'ssure somew| hat more
ne of the lattor The,
I'm marble dul lst which
shipped for this purpose
Of barrels at Sine Sine
+ points Wild dre wb;te
crumbly sort not use
is found. NV when
upon was in a fery and
which domnosed
flied hu nll1tni