COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OF 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TBJLNSZ.ATED FROM THX OEBSIAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



NatorsB vero rerum vis atque majestaa In omnibua momenti3 fide caret, ei quia niudo 

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



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