Cosmos-A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Volume I

Cosmos-A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Volume I

Alexander von Humboldt, Prussian geographer, naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister (1769-1859)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Translator's Preface

- Author's Preface

- Introduction

- Limits And Method Of Exposition Of The Description Of The Universe

- Delineation Of Nature-general Review Of Natural Phenomena

- Reflections On Enjoyment Presented By Aspect Of Nature And Her Laws

- Limits And Method Of Exposition Of The Description Of The Universe

- Delineation Of Nature-general Review Of Natural Phenomena

- From Comets To The Consideration The Smallest Of All Asteroids

- It Is No Slight

- Additional Notes-to The Present Edition-gigantic Birds Of New Zealand

- The Dodo