Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Stephen Flower, dated at London
Reference number: EL/O1/90
Date: 21 November 1668
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Wishing to accumulate materials for a 'Philosophicall Storehouse' so that a 'History of Nature' could be compiled; wishes for drawings of the pictures and carvings at Persepolis (in Persia)
Flower was the East India Company's factor at Isfahan
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- EL/O1/90
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- 21 November 1668
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- 2 pages
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Henry Oldenburg
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Henry Oldenburg, Henry Oldenburg, Letter, from Henry Oldenburg to Stephen Flower, dated at London, 21 November 1668, EL/O1/90, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_o1_90/letter-from-henry-oldenburg-to-stephen-flower-dated-at-london, accessed on 07 November 2025
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