COSMOS 



A SKETCH 



A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE. 



ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT. / 7^ 1 - / S Slf 



TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN, 



BY E. C. 0TT:6 and W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S. 



Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omniljus momentis fide caret, si quia moffo 

 partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. — Plin., HUt. Nat.^ lib. vii., c. 1. 



VOL. V. 



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HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 

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FRANKLIN SQUARE. 



18(56. 



