Shen, Kuo 1031-1095 creator text utu 2005 monographic zh 1 online resource : multiple file formats "夢溪筆談, Volume 22-26" by Kuo Shen is an encyclopedic work published in 1088 during China's Song dynasty. Written during the author's forced retirement, this collection spans diverse fields including medicine, astronomy, mathematics, metallurgy, and natural history. The work documents groundbreaking observations: the first recorded use of a compass for navigation, descriptions of movable type printing, and theories about magnetic declination. It also explores geological phenomena through fossil discoveries, proposes early ideas about climate change, and records strange phenomena including unidentified objects in the sky. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays Release date is 2005-01-01 Produced by Sally Yo Original publication data not identified China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes PL Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7316 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7316 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133205.0 7316