World Record Nomination: Schweppes - The first soft drink brand in history
(Records.vn) The history of soft drink industry started from 2 centuries ago. In 1783, a Swiss man, Johann Jacob Schweppe, developed a process to manufacture carbonated mineral water. It quickly became a popular drink in Switzerland and then Europe.
.jpg)
A book with Johann Jacob Schweppes picture (spiritschweppes.com)
Johann Jacob Schweppe was not the father of carbonated mineral water (a.k.a soda water). It was a discovery of Joseph Priestley, an English chemist, educator, philosopher,... who published over 150 works. In 1772, Priestley wrote a book with the title "Directions for Impregnating Water with Fixed Air", presenting the idea of making soda water. However, he was not a businessman who could turn his idea into money.
11 years later, Schweppe, being impressed by Priestley's idea and recognizing the opportunity to make money from it, decided to open his bussiness in Geneva. He founded Schweppes Company in 1783, a company manufacturing and selling soda water under the brand name Schweppes. In 1792, Schweppe expanded his business to London and Schweppes soda water began to be popular in Europe. In England, Schweppes soda water became a favourite of the British Royal Family until now.
.png)
The first Schweppes soda water bottle (schweppesus.com)
After Schweppe's death, the company still developed and introduced new products to its customer. In 1969, Schweppes Company merged with Cadbury to become Cadbury Schweppes. In 2008, Cadbury Schweppes was split and its US beverage unit becoming the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. The Dr Pepper Snapple Group is the current owner of the Schweppes trademark.
With a 230-year history, it is difficult to find any soft drink brand which is older than Schweppes. The brand is still a most popular soft drink brand in the world today.
.png)
Schweppes products today (schweppesus.com)
World Record Union - Worldkings are still collecting more information from many sources and it is our pleasure listening to everybody's comments to have a full evaluation on the record nomination: "Schweppes - The first soft drink brand in history."
WORLD RECORDS UNION - WORLDKINGS
(Record.vn) On the morning of March 23rd , 2015; in Kim Lien Pagoda (Dong Huong Commune, Ninh Binh Province); there was the Memorial Ceremony for the Founder of Kim Lien Pagoda, simultaneously conferring the World Record Certificate “The largest Buddhist flag made of fresh flower”.
.jpg)
(Records.vn) Guinness World Records has recognized Pele as the world's greatest scorer of modern football who scored most goals in his career, with more than 2.000 goals. However, that number includes goals in unofficial matches, i.e. friendly matches. If only goals in official matches counted, the crown must belong to another legend: Josef Bican.
.jpg)
(Record.vn) Although in most countries same-sex marriage is still something illegal, there are some governments that has changed their policies towards homosexual people.
.jpg)
(Records.vn) Is happiness more important than wealth? Maybe most of us, especially young people, cannot have a clear answer for this question. However, in Bhutan, a small country located at the Eastern end of the Himalayas, they choose happiness.
.jpg)
(Records.vn) While theatres for most of puppet show in the world built on the land, there is a type of puppet show whose theatres built on water surface (a waist-deep pool). It is water puppetry (Múa rối nước).
.jpg)
(Records.vn) Lionel Messi has became a legend, yes, a true legend while he's still playing for Catalunya Giant every week.
(Records.vn) Canada is the fourth largest country in the world which is very famous for its beautiful nature. Among many features that make the name of Canada's nature, the number of lakes is a very important one.
(Records.vn) Lithophones are the most ancient instruments of human. Most of lithophones that had been found in many countries are more than 2.000 years old.
(Records.vn) Nile River is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa which is 6.853 kilometers long. It is also a world record holding river with the record of the longest river in the world.
Amiana Resort Nha Trang has received the global prestigious World Luxury Hotel Award 2014 in the Luxury Honeymoon Hotel category.
MARK Presley lets his mind wander, imagining William Moffatt playing hockey on a small Nova Scotia lake almost 200 years ago.
The colossal CSCL Globe, which steamed into a new berth at Pasir Panjang port, is 400m long, almost 60m wide, and weighs in at more than 56,000 tonnes without cargo. The surface area of the more than US$150 million (S$196 million) titan is so vast it could fit four football fields.
The 131,550-square-meter store in Gwangmyeong, just outside Seoul, is said to be the world's largest IKEA store to date. A total of 8,600 items ranging from bookshelves to kitchen furniture, bathroom goods and children's toys will be sold, while its cafeteria will sell affordable Swedish and Korean foods. Sixty-five rooms ― measuring about 55 square meters ― will be filled with IKEA products to showcase how northern European furniture can harmonize with the Korean room structure.
The world's most complicated watch, a 1933 timepiece made by luxury watchmaker Patek Phillipe was sold for an astounding $24.4 million USD at a Sotheby's auction in Switzerland. Commissioned in 1925 by prominent New York banker Henry Graves, the watch, which cost $15,000 USD, took three years of research and five years of painstaking effort to build. The open face gold masterpiece that consists of 900 individual components is believed to be the most advanced timepiece ever made, without the use of computers.