Shen Kuo's Dream Pool Essays is a Song Dynasty book detailing observations in natural history, science, and technology. It is notable for its early discussions of geology, magnetism, and movable type printing.
Sources for Shen Kuo — Dream Pool Essays (夢溪筆談)
Shen Kuo — Dream Pool Essays (夢溪筆談) in Natural History
Held in the Natural History chamber of the Babel Nexus Index.
- John James Audubon — The Birds of America (1827–1838)
- Henry Walter Bates — The Naturalist on the River Amazons (1863)
- Gilbert White — The Natural History of Selborne (1789)
- Edward Topsell — The History of Four-Footed Beasts (1607)
- Pliny the Elder — Natural History (77–79 CE)
- Alexander von Humboldt — Personal Narrative of Travels (1814)
- Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon — Natural History (1749–1788)
- Georges Cuvier — The Animal Kingdom (1817)
- Jean-Henri Fabre — Souvenirs Entomologiques (Insect Life) (1879–1907)