COSMOS: 



A SKETCH 



A PHYSICAL DESCKIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. / J^ ^ 7 - / ^ 6^ 



TaANSI.ATED FROU THE OEBOIAN, 



BY E. 0. OTTE. 



NatursQ vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fide caret, si quis modo 

 partes ejus ac non totam cornplectatur animo. — Plin., Hist. Nat, lib. vii., c. L 



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