Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Though mostly remembered today for their use in classic slapstick comedies, for nearly a century Soda Syphons were the primary means of generating and dispensing soda water and helped build the modern soft drink industry.
TIFO Soft Drink video: youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tL8eeBMyQ&t=434s&pp=ygUqdG9kYXkgaSBmb3VuZCBvdXQgd2hvIGludmVudGVkIHNvZnQgZHJpbmtz
TIFO Radioactive Golf Ball video: youtube.com/watch?v=f-KG1lZ4y4Y&pp=ygURcmFkaW9hY3RpdmUgYmFsbHPSBwkJIgoBhyohjO8%3D
TIFO Radithor video: youtube.com/watch?v=B-ZTm0jX1Z8&pp=ygUYY3VyZSBmb3IgdGhlIGxpdmluZyBkZWFk
TIFO Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscope video: youtube.com/watch?v=YgDZM2nooOM&pp=ygUud2hlbiBnb2luZyBzaG9lIHNob3BwaW5nIHdhcyBhIGdvb2Qgd2F5IHRvIGRpZQ%3D%3D
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Soda Water Prehistory
2:06 Early Soda Syphons
3:32 Soda Fountains
4:27 Sparklets Model D
5:56 Sparklets Bulbs
7:53 Unusual Sparklets Applications
10:30 Kovocas Merkuria
11:06 Gasogenes
11:34 Decline of Syphons
12:29 Outro
SOURCES
museumofradium.co.uk/sparklets
woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/sparklet-apparatus
sparklets.net/sparklets-history
orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/radioactive-quack-cures/pills-potions-and-other-miscellany/sparklet-syphon.html
sparklets.net
https://www.yesterdaysnews.biz/post/seltzer-bottle-siphon-soda-history
medium.com/five-guys-facts/carbonated-water-99bfd630f28e#:~:text=Carbonated%20water's%20increased%20acid%20level,interesting%20ingredient%20to%20cook%20with
web.archive.org/web/20061021024417/http://www.fohbc.com/images/seltzerbottles.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20060709035142/http://www.bullworks.net/cd-web/spark.htm
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0310057X1604400319
patents.google.com/patent/US545351
jeffreymorgenthaler.com/mr-plinths-soda-cart-and-the-tom-collins
web.archive.org/web/20180822114507/http://www.bottlebooks.com/Siphons/mixing_it_up.htm
Though mostly remembered today for their use in classic slapstick comedies, for nearly a century Soda Syphons were the primary means of generating and dispensing soda water and helped build the modern soft drink industry.
TIFO Soft Drink video: youtube.com/watch?v=Q3tL8eeBMyQ&t=434s&pp=ygUqdG9kYXkgaSBmb3VuZCBvdXQgd2hvIGludmVudGVkIHNvZnQgZHJpbmtz
TIFO Radioactive Golf Ball video: youtube.com/watch?v=f-KG1lZ4y4Y&pp=ygURcmFkaW9hY3RpdmUgYmFsbHPSBwkJIgoBhyohjO8%3D
TIFO Radithor video: youtube.com/watch?v=B-ZTm0jX1Z8&pp=ygUYY3VyZSBmb3IgdGhlIGxpdmluZyBkZWFk
TIFO Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscope video: youtube.com/watch?v=YgDZM2nooOM&pp=ygUud2hlbiBnb2luZyBzaG9lIHNob3BwaW5nIHdhcyBhIGdvb2Qgd2F5IHRvIGRpZQ%3D%3D
0:00 Introduction
1:15 Soda Water Prehistory
2:06 Early Soda Syphons
3:32 Soda Fountains
4:27 Sparklets Model D
5:56 Sparklets Bulbs
7:53 Unusual Sparklets Applications
10:30 Kovocas Merkuria
11:06 Gasogenes
11:34 Decline of Syphons
12:29 Outro
SOURCES
museumofradium.co.uk/sparklets
woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/sparklet-apparatus
sparklets.net/sparklets-history
orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/radioactive-quack-cures/pills-potions-and-other-miscellany/sparklet-syphon.html
sparklets.net
https://www.yesterdaysnews.biz/post/seltzer-bottle-siphon-soda-history
medium.com/five-guys-facts/carbonated-water-99bfd630f28e#:~:text=Carbonated%20water's%20increased%20acid%20level,interesting%20ingredient%20to%20cook%20with
web.archive.org/web/20061021024417/http://www.fohbc.com/images/seltzerbottles.pdf
web.archive.org/web/20060709035142/http://www.bullworks.net/cd-web/spark.htm
journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0310057X1604400319
patents.google.com/patent/US545351
jeffreymorgenthaler.com/mr-plinths-soda-cart-and-the-tom-collins
web.archive.org/web/20180822114507/http://www.bottlebooks.com/Siphons/mixing_it_up.htm
