HutchBook.comSafety
Charles
Sulz addressed the topic of bottler safety in his 1888 book
A Treatise on Beverages or
The Complete Practical Bottler with the following
illustration and comments:
Testing Carbonated Beverages…A requisite for bottling
is a test gauge. This is an
instrument for ascertaining the pressure of gas in the bottles filled
with carbonated waters, after they are corked, in order to check the
work of the bottlers, and also to test the beverages of different
makers. By this gauge an
employer has it in his power to ascertain if the bottler is keeping
correct pressure in the bottles, also to see if the same class of drinks
are alike. It is easily
attached to a bottle by a screw for penetrating the cork, provided with
a small cock and union.
The gauge is used in the following manner: - To test a
bottle, first insert the point on the end of the screw to penetrate the
cork for the screw to follow, pass the screw entirely through the cork,
and the point will fall out to the bottom of the bottle, leaving the
passage through the cork clear; attach the gauge by the small union and
turn the cock, to let the pressure into the gauge.
