

' C S M O S : 



A SKETCH 



OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE'MIYERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDEK YON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E, C, OTTE. 



Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si gufs modo partefa 

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



VOL. I. 



LONDON: 



HENRY G, BOHN, YORK STREET; COVENT GARDEN 

 1849. 



