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Poor Robin's book of knowledge

Shewing the effects of the planets, and other astronomical constellations. Excellent receipts for curing of most distempers incident to man. Useful observations in chirurgery and husbandry. With directions for ordering cattle, and medicines for the many diseases they are liable to. Short observations on each month in the year. A discourse of the natural cause of snow, hail, and rain. Of the golden number, of weights and measures used in England. With directions for making all manner of bonds, bills, releases, indentures, wills, &c. With many other pleasant and profitable rarities too long here to incert. According to those undeniable grounds and axioms delivered by the ancient philosophers, and astronomers, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Haley, Albert, Philo Judæus, and Ptolomy. Experienced by the 21 years study and practice of Poor Robin, a well-wisher to the mathematicks

by Poor Robin

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English

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None of the 1 source behind this record supplied a summary of Poor Robin's book of knowledge (1688). What the catalog does say:

Traditions: Astrology, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

Subjects: Early works to 1800, Folklore, Astrology, Mathematics, Animal industry

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Astrology, and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Astrology

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Astrology”. Retained metadata contains “Astrology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Astrology”· via Open Library
    • “Astrology”· in subject
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Folklore”. Retained metadata contains “Folklore” in the subject metadata.

    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Animism”.

    • “Animism”· via Open Library

Membership records how this book met the catalog’s discovery criteria — relevance to a tradition, not a judgment of the book’s claims.

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Shewing the effects of the planets, and other astronomical constellations. Excellent receipts for curing of most distempers incident to man. Useful observations in chirurgery and husbandry. With directions for ordering cattle, and medicines for the many diseases they are liable to. Short observations on each month in the year. A discourse of the natural cause of snow, hail, and rain. Of the golden number, of weights and measures used in England. With directions for making all manner of bonds, bills, releases, indentures, wills, &c. With many other pleasant and profitable rarities too long here to incert. According to those undeniable grounds and axioms delivered by the ancient philosophers, and astronomers, Pythagoras, Aristotle, Haley, Albert, Philo Judæus, and Ptolomy. Experienced by the 21 years study and practice of Poor Robin, a well-wisher to the mathematicks

Open Library record

1688printed, and sold by R. Wild at the Bible and Crown near LudgateEnglish—No ebook

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openlibrary-work:OL11351481W
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