LIFE 



OF 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, 



. 



COMPILED 



IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH 



BY 



J. LOWENBERG, ROBERT AVE-LALLEMANT, AND ALFRED DOVE. 



EDITED BY 



PEOFESSOE KAEL BEUHNS, 



DIRECTOR OP THE OBSERVATORY AT LEIPZIG. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY 



JANE AND CAKOLINE LASSELL, 



TRANSLATORS OF SCHELLEN'S 'SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.' 



VOLUME I. 



WITH PORTRAIT OF IIUMBOLDT AT THE AGE OF TWENTY-SEVEN. 

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UHIVEESITY 





LONDON: 



LONGMANS, GEEEN, AND CO. 

 1873. 



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