This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Wash oily bottles in warm soapsuds in which some washing soda has been dissolved. Should the oil still cling to the bottles, shake into them, along with the soap and water, a little fine shot. After washing in clean water, rinse the bottles with a little methylated spirit, pouring it from one bottle to another; then put them on a sloping rack to drain, mouth downwards.
 
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