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Soda Siphons

The siphon bottle ordinarily used for vichy, soda water and other effervescent drinks is usually charged with a pressure of from 120 to 160 pounds to the square inch. The danger likely to result from an explosion of one of these articles is by no means inconsiderable, and yet the average person handles a siphon as though it was the most harmless thing in the world.

There are two or three things to remember in handling siphons: Never place your siphons near a radiator, steam pipe or stove, for the heat is likely to cause an explosion. Don't subject the bottle to any sudden change of temperature whatever. For instance, if you keep your siphons in the ice box and that is the best and safest place for themdon't grasp the glass part of the bottle with your warm hand, for the sudden change of temperature is apt to cause an explosion. The best way to carry a siphon at all times is by the metal top at the head of the bottle. It is needless to say the greatest care should be taken not to drop a siphon, for an explosion is the inevitable result. When empty the siphon is, of course, quite harmless. That these bottles are considered a great source of danger is evidenced by the fact that the courts invariably hold the bottlers strictly liable for all damages resulting from the explosion of one of them, if even the slightest defect in the manufacture of the bottle can be shown. We have recently placed upon the market the Pony Metal Siphon, made of toughened spun brass with a complete inside lining of pure block-tin. This siphon, while being the strongest siphon made, is very neat and attractive. The American line of siphons is without equal.