Library of 19th Century Science:
The Golden Age of Geology

HMS Challenger


COSMOS:


A SKETCH

of

A PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIVERSE.


BY


ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT.


Translated from the German by

E. C. OTTÉ


In Four Volumes.

VOL. III




New York:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

1858.


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This electronic edition prepared by Dr. David C. Bossard
from original documents in his personal library.

December, 2005.

Copyright © 2005 by David C. Bossard.