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Show Old Industry While the tonic properties of waters of certain mineral springs in both Europe and America had been recognized for many years, artificial carbonation of water was not effected ef-fected until the latter part of the 18th century. Later, flavoring, such as fruit juices, ginger, or vanilla extract, was added to the carbonated carbo-nated water, and in 1835, when Andrew An-drew Jackson was president of the United States, commercial manufacturing manufac-turing and bottling of soft drinks be-;an. be-;an. The carbonated beverage in-iustry in-iustry was on its way! |