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    How to Behave at School, 1479

    We order and decree that teachers and students who are wearers of indecent garments…

    How to Watch an Eclipse Safely, 1579 and 1658

    Whosoever desyres to see the Sun eclipsed without hurting their eyes…

    How to Beautify Your Face, 1660

    An ointment that takes away all Bunchings and Speckles of the face…

    How to Make Fireworks, 1633

    Of the making of Rockets and other Fireworkes. For the making of Rockets of sundry kinds…

    How to Make Fake Coffee, 1868

    Coffee Substitutes. The love of coffee is an acquired taste…

    How to Interpret Dreams, 1698

    To dream that you have your Arm dried up, is very unfortunate…

    How to Eat Avocados, 1891

    But how is it to be eaten? A few simple rules are so necessary…

    How to Improve Your Memory, 1562

    Margarita Philosophica Nova (1508), Wellcome Library

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