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COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OF 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER YON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE AND W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S. 



Naturte vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis mod* 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. — Plin., His'. Xat., lib. vii., c. 1. 



VOL. V. 



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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 

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