"With hardly a word spoken, but with a kindly eye, he waved me to an armchair, threw across his case of cigars, and indicated a spirit case and a gasogene in the corner."
(Aventure I, A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA pg. 3)
(Aventure I, A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA pg. 3)
The gasogene is a late Victorian device used to carbonate water. It consists of two linked glass globes: the lower contained water or other drink to be made sparkling, the upper a mixture of tartaric acid and sodium bicarbonate that reacts to producing carbon dioxide. The produced gas pushes the liquid in the lower container up a tube and out of the device. The globes are surrounded by a wicker or wire protective mesh, as they have a tendency to explode.
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