Niels Henrik Abel

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Abel monument, designed by Gustav Vigeland (1908), Oslo.

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bird. mourning dove. pigeon and dove. Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) family Columbidae.

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Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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Shah Jahan. Taj Mahal. Mughal architecture. Emperor Shah Jahan fifth Mughal Emperor (reigned 1628-1658) India, Himachal Pradesh, Basohli or Jammu and Kashmir, Mankot, circa 1690 Drawings; Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper (see notes)

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Young boys working in a thread spinning mill in Macon, Georgia, 1909. Boys are so small they have to climb onto the spinning frame to reach and fix broken threads and put back empty bobbins. Child labor. Industrial revolution

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Born	August 5, 1802 • Norway
Died	April 6, 1829 (aged 26) • Norway
Subjects Of Study	Abelian group • Abelian theorem • elliptic function • equation • integral equation • quintic equation • transcendental function

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