-LIFE 



OF 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, 



COMPILED 





 . 



IN COMMEMORATION OF THE CENTENARY OF HIS BIRTH 



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



EDITED BY 



PEOFESSOE KAEL BRUHNS, 



Ji 



DIHECTOR OF THE OBSERVATORY AT LEIPZIG. 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY 



JANE AND CAEOLINE LASSELL, 



TRANSLATORS OF SOHELLEX'S 'SPECTRUM ANALYSIS.' 



VOLUME II. 



WITH TWO PORTRAITS^'EJT^S^MBOLDT IN HIS 

 FORTY-FIFTH AND 



NIVS 







LONDON : 



LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 



1873. 



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