The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients ; in four parts / written by Erra Pater, a Jew doctor in astronomy and physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea ; made English by W. Lilly, student in physic and astrology ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds, indentures, letters of attorney and licence, deeds of gift, bills of exchange, &c.

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MDCCXCV [1795]
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Credit: The book of knowledge : treating of the wisdom of the ancients ; in four parts / written by Erra Pater, a Jew doctor in astronomy and physic, born in Bethany, near Mount Olivet, in Judea ; made English by W. Lilly, student in physic and astrology ; to which is added, the true form of all sorts of bills, bonds, counter-bonds, indentures, letters of attorney and licence, deeds of gift, bills of exchange, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    orbs of the planets are called their fpheres, that is the circles in which they move. » Afcenfion is the rifing of any ftar, or of any part of the ecliptic above the horizon, Drfcenfion is its going down. Right afcenfion of' aflar, is that part of the equinox that rifeth or fetteth with a ftar in a right fphere, but iii an oblique fphere, it is that part of the equinoctial in degrees, containing between the firft point of Aries, and that place of the equinoctial which paueth by the meridian with the center of the ftar. Oblique Afcenfion is a part of the equinoctial in de- grees, contained betwixt the beginning of Aries, and that of the equinox, which rifeth with any ftar, or part of - the ecliptic, in an oblique fphere. Affential difference, is the difference betwixt the right and oblique afcenfion, or the number of degrees contained between that place and the equinox that rifeth with the center of a ftar, and that place of the equinox that cometh to the meridian with the fame ftar. Solflice is in the fummer, when the fun is in the be* ginning of Cancer; and in the winter when the fun en- ters into, Capricorn ; becaufe then the days feem to ftand ftill, and feem neither to increafe nor decreafe above two minutes in ten or twelve days. Cancellation is a certain number of ftars, fuppofed to be limited within fome form or likenefs, as Aries the ram, is faid to have thirteen ftars ; Taurus the bull, thirty-three : Arclurus, Orion, and the Pleiades, men- tioned in Job, ix. 9. are faid to be Confldlations. Perihelium is the point wherein the earth, or any planet, is neareft the fun. Aphelium is a point wherein the earth, or any planet,. is farther from the fun. Planets, are the (even eratique or wandering ftars,. jailed, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sol, or the Sun, Venus, Mercury,: