How fizzy drinks were invented in Leeds this week 252 years ago

By Alex Evans
Published 24th Mar 2019, 09:48 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2019, 10:53 BST
Priestley invented fizzy drinks in Leeds this week 252 years agoPriestley invented fizzy drinks in Leeds this week 252 years ago
Priestley invented fizzy drinks in Leeds this week 252 years ago
This week, 252 years ago, the world was changed forever.

Countless generations of teeth would never be the same again after Joseph Priestley made a startling invention in Leeds: fizzy drinks.

On March 22 1767, working in a university lab in Leeds, Priestley worked out a way to infuse water with carbon bubbles, thus creating fizzy water - which would go on to become a base for Coca Cola, Pepsi and countless other soft drinks.

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-> Top 8 Mother's Day spa breaksIn 1767, Joseph Priestley discovered a method of infusing water with carbon dioxide when he suspended a bowl of water above a beer vat at a local brewery in Leeds.