Wikipedia:POTD row/February 24, 2006
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Macro photograph of cola bubbles
Historically, the first soda waters were prepared by adding sodium bicarbonate to lemonade. A chemical reaction between sodium bicarbonate and citric acid occurred to create carbon dioxide. The person who is usually credited with first successfully creating carbonated water is Joseph Priestley in 1796. [enlarge image] Photo credit: Spiff |