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Look on the tubular glue tube/tin for the warning label. When I were a lad, it was toluene and xylene, but that's probably frowned upon now. Acetone is often recommended, but Zinn has many answers on all aspects of the use and care of tubulars, e.g.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/03/bikes-and-tech/technical-faq/technical-faq-end-of-season-rim-and-tire-care_106719
suggesting a better alternative. Many Naptha mixtures contain aromatic hydrocarbons, of which toluene and xylene are examples. All of them are pretty nasty, so educate yourself about the safety precautions for working with them. You can get straight toluene and xylene from my favourite online chem store
http://mistralni.co.uk/catalogue/product/159/Toluene
http://mistralni.co.uk/catalogue/product/153/Xylene
The American brand recommended in that Zinn article is aliphatic, which will take slightly longer to kill you than aromatic types. Examples of aliphatic solvents are hexanes e.g.
http://mistralni.co.uk/catalogue/product/49/Hexane
http://mistralni.co.uk/catalogue/product/447/Cyclohexane-GRG
Cyclohexane seems safest to your health, but is probably a much less effective glue solvent than the aromatics above.