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100 1 _aShen, Kuo,
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245 1 0 _a夢溪筆談, Volume 11-16
246 1 _aMengxi Bi Tan, Volume 11-16 [1031-1095 A.D.]
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2005
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays
500 _aRelease date is 2005-01-01
508 _aProduced by Sally Yu
520 _a"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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aChina -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7314
999 _c49305
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