1884 The Modern Bartenders' Guide by O. H. Byron

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SODA-WATER POWDERS.

Magnesia Water Is useful in indigestion, etc., being an aerated solution of carbonate of magnesia. It is an agreeable mode of taking magnesia.

Potass Water

Is a solution of bicai-bonate of potass in distilled water, and aerated with washed carbonic acid gas.

Soda Water Is a solution of crystallized carbonateof soda,in distilled water, aerated with washed carlxinic acid gas, upon the purity of which tbe excellence of this ai-ticle mainly depends. When employed as an anti-acid,it is highly importantto obtain this article pure.

Seltzer Water

Is carbonate of soda, common salt, and carbonate of magnesiau

Effervescent Draught. Carbonate of potass, eighty grains ; pulverized citric acid,seventeen grains. Keep separate. When required for use,add one dro^) of essence of lemon. Dissolve in separate tumblers, mix and drink while effervescing. Soda-Water Powders. Bicarbonate of soda, thirty grains, in a blue paper ; citric acid twenty-four grains, in a white paper. Mix each separately in nearly half a tumbler of water Pour the acid solutionon the soda. Drink immediately.

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