Events in the year 1842 in Iceland.
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See also: | Other events in 1842 · Timeline of Icelandic history |
Incumbents
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edit- Linguistic purism in Icelandic: Jónas Hallgrímsson publishes a translation of a textbook on astronomy (Stjörnufræði) which became exemplary for later translations of scientific literature.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Bricka, Carl Frederik. "76 (Dansk biografisk Lexikon / VIII. Bind. Holst - Juul)". runeberg.org (in Danish). Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ "Jónas Hallgrímsson: The Vastness of the Universe (illus.)". digicoll.library.wisc.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
- ^ "Dagur íslenskrar tungu". www.stjornarradid.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 2024-05-30.