COSMOS: \ 



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A SKETCH 



OF 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TBANSLATED FROM THE GEBMAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



Naturae vero rerum via atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modw 

 partes ejua ac non totam complectatur animo. Plin., Hist. Nat., lib. vii, c. L 



VOL. I. 



NEW YORK: 

 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS 



329 & 331 PEARL STREET, 

 FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



1877. 



