COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OF A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIYEESE. 



BY 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 

 BY 



E, C. OTli AND W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S. 



Jftur vero renim vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo parte 

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



LONDON: GEOEGE BELL AND SONS, YOEK STEEET, 



