Schweppes (brand)
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For an overview of the Schweppes family of businesses, see Cadbury-Schweppes.
Schweppes brand beverages, sold in the United States and Canada, include carbonated water and a variety of ginger ales. Its marketing campaign made heavy use of an onomatopoeia in their commercials:"Schhhhh.... Schweppes, after the sound of the gas escaping as you open the bottle".
In the late eighteenth century, Jean Schweppe, a watchmaker and amateur scientist developed a process to manufacture carbonated mineral water. He founded the Schweppes Company in Geneva in 1783, but later moved to London to develop the business there.