The soda syphon also known as the seltzer bottle or syphon seltzer bottle is a device for dispensing carbonated or soda water.

As early as 1790, the concept of an "aerosol" was introduced in France with self-pressurized carbonated beverages.
The modern syphon was created in 1829, when two Frenchmen patented a hollow corkscrew

Corkscrew

A corkscrew is a kitchen tool for drawing stopping corks from wine bottles. Generally, a corkscrew consists of a pointed metallic helix attached to a handle. The user grips the handle and screws the metal point into the cork, until the helix is firmly embedded, then a vertical pull on the...

 which could be inserted into a soda bottle and, by use of a valve, allowed a portion of the contents to be dispensed while maintaining the pressure on the inside of the bottle and preventing the remaining soda going flat.

Soda syphons were popular in the 1920s and 1930s. The rise of bottled carbonated beverages and the destruction of many of the siphon manufacturers' plants in Eastern Europe during World War II

World War II

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 led to a decline in their popularity in the years after the war.

Commercial production and delivery of pre-filled bottles of seltzer continued in the New York City

New York City

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, USA region into 2009. As of 2009, such delivery service continues in Argentina

Argentina

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 (nationwide), Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

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 by Brauerei Ottakringer

Brauerei Ottakringer

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 and in Toronto

Toronto

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, Canada

Canada

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.