Quiz: Engineering and Soda Bottling
Quiz: Engineering and Soda Bottling
From caps to bottles, see how much you know about the engineering innovations, materials, and machines behind bottling soda.
On this day in 1886, John Stith Pemberton, a local pharmacist in Atlanta, created the syrup for what became Coca-Cola. He then carried a jug of it to Jacobs’ Pharmacy, where it was mixed with carbonated water and served for the first time.
Even though simple carbonated water in the United States was bottled and sold since 1835, from these humble beginnings, a bottling industry was reborn with a new product, soda. Find out what you know about the early days of soda bottling in the United States with this ASME quiz.
Even though simple carbonated water in the United States was bottled and sold since 1835, from these humble beginnings, a bottling industry was reborn with a new product, soda. Find out what you know about the early days of soda bottling in the United States with this ASME quiz.
From caps to bottles, see how much you know about the engineering innovations, materials, and machines behind bottling soda.
Membership content program manager for ASME
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