Cosmos

This eBook was prepared by Amy Zelmer COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 by Alexander von Humboldt Translated by E C Otte from the 1858 Harper & Brothers edition of Cosmos, volume 1 -------------------------------------------------- p i COSMOS VOLUME I [p ii is blank] [p iii - not copied; pertains to reprint series] p iv [portrait] p v COSMOS A SKETCH OR A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE BY ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY E. C. OTTE Naturae vero rerum vis atque majestas in omnibus momentis fides caret, si quis modo partes ejus ac non totam complectatur animo. -- Plin., 'Hist. Nat.', lib. vii, c. 1. VOLUME I WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY NICOLAAS A. RUPKE THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS Baltimore and London [page vi and Introduction to the 1997 edition not copied] p 1 COSMOS VOLUME I [p 2 is blank] p 3 TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE. -----------------------