TY  - BOOK
AU  - Shen,Kuo
TI  - 夢溪筆談, Volume 11-16
AV  - PL 
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes
N1  - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays; Release date is 2005-01-01; Produced by Sally Yu; Original publication data not identified
N2  - "夢溪筆談, Volume 11-16" by Kuo Shen is an encyclopedic work published in 1088 during China's Song dynasty. Written during the author's forced retirement, this remarkable compilation spans diverse fields from astronomy and mathematics to medicine and natural history. The work contains groundbreaking observations including early theories of geological change based on fossil evidence, the first recorded navigational use of the compass, and documentation of movable type printing. It captures the breadth of scientific knowledge and natural phenomena observed in eleventh-century China, preserving insights that would influence understanding for centuries to come. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7314
ER  -