COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



Of A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis tide caret, si quis modoparte? 

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



LONDON: 



BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 

 1871. 



