.>•! 



** (^. 9.) ):>lt has beon repealediy urged by continental cri- 

 tics«, fö0t ein mit* pcrfonlid) unbefanutcr, aber fel)i* ivül}UvDnent'ev 

 33eurtl)eiler bee ^oemoö (Atlas, 9 3an. 1858), »ihat Bn Hum- 

 boldt has not entirely solved bis cosmographical axiom; still, 

 liosmos is a gorgeous accunuilation of iacts, the result of im- 

 mense experience, study, and research, combined with sonie 

 equally grand apcrcus, points de vuc , and thcories. It is an im 

 proved Pliny of the present timc, just such a woik as a savant and 

 a traveller of bis rank could produce. Whether such acquirements 

 could be combined with the high generalising genius ofPlalo, and 

 the still older Greek sages, \\e have no mcans of judging, as no 

 such constellation has yet appeared amongst Ihc ranks of man.« 



^ (@. 10.) 6. bie vortreiflicbc ^2IbbanMunö Öieöu au lt'j5 

 m ben Annales de Chimic T. 73. 1840 p. 5; 3"^" Serie T. I. 

 18it p. 129, T. I\. 1813 p. 322. 



'° C®. 11.) Heber i)av Tdö:)tMhftf>^a\ ber optiKl}en üldjHw 

 t) er .^rpftalle f. ^ n o b l a uct} unb »l » u b a U in 'iU 9 ö ? » b e r f f ^ 

 5innalen 33b. 81. @. 481 unb 33ö- 83. @. 384. 



^* (@. 12.) (gcguin im Edinburgh Philosophical 

 Journal Vol. X. 1824 p. 280 unb in ben Comptes rendus 

 de l'Acad. des Sc. T. XXV. 1817 p. 421 ; 3eule im Philos. 

 Magazine Vol. 31. 1847 p. 173; ilI)ümfon unb 3oule m ben 

 Phil OS. Transaclions for 1853 P. lil. p. 3a7; <2laufint> in 

 ^ogöenborff'e ^:2(nnalen 33b. 79. 1850 @. 368 unb 33b. 97. 

 1856 @. 441 ; ;Dn bamel, Co urs de Me caniquc 1853 chap. 7 

 p. 401; ©roüe, correlation des forces physiques, trad. 

 en irancais par M. l'abbe Moigno, avec des notes par M. Se- 

 g u i n aine (Paris 1856) ; ©. xm\ £1 u i n t n <^ 3 c i l i u <^ , dt-- 

 perimental:^U}i)fif (5. 438 — 448. (@cf)on ^rcn,^ 3.^aco fagt : 

 Calor est motiis cxpansivus.) 



'- Ce. 15.) £eo s))iej)er in ^fbalb. .Jiubn^j B^itfdu'. fiir 

 üergleic^enbe (gpraitforfc^unö 33b. VI. 1857 (g. 161, 164, 171, 

 172, 174 unb 175. „33ie in /Möuoq ber 33e9ritT beö ^l)eilenö unb 

 (gcbeibeno in ben ber Crbnung überging, fo fcnnte auf ber anbern 

 (Seite a\\(b ber be^^ llnterfd^eibenii, beö 2rut\^eid^ncni^ ftcb leidet 

 baraui^ entnucfcln." 



