COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OP A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C. OTTL AiND B. if. PAUL, Ph. D., F.C.S. 



Naturae vero rernm via atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo partes 

 ejus ac aou tolam complectatur ammo. Pliu., Hist. Nat n lib. viL c. 1. 



LONDON: 



BELL & DALDY, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 

 1871. 



