COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



OP A 



PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C. OTTE. 



Naturae vero rerum vis atquemajestasin omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modopartes 

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



VOL. II. 



LONDQN: 



HENRY G. BOHN, YOEK STREET, COVENT GARDEN". 

 1819. 



