This section is from the book "Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics", by Paul N. Hasluck. Also available from Amazon: Cassell's Cyclopaedia Of Mechanics.
Sprinkle a mixture of fuller's earth and magnesia over the waistcoat, theu rub it in with a clean piece of flannel. With another piece of flannel apply benzine to the waistcoat, after which sprinkle some more of the powder and leave it forseveral minutes. Then brush off the powder and hang the waistcoat in a current of fresh air till the benzine has evaporated.
 
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