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COSMOS: 



f 



A SKETCH 



OF 



A PHYSICAL DESCKIPTION OF THE UNITORSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TBANSLATED FROM THE GEHSIAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



NaiRirjB vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quia modu 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. — Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vii., c. 1. 



VOL. I. 



NEW YORK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



32 9 & 331 PEARL STREET, 

 FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1877. 



