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Science, Astronomy, History, Physical geography, Cosmography, Cosmology, Geology, Nature, Earth, HISTORIA, CIENCIA, ASTRONOMIA, GEOGRAFIA FISICA, COSMOLOGIA, Histoire, Cosmographie, Phytogeography, Plant ecology, Description and travel, Economic conditions, Philosophy, Cosmologie, Qb981 .h8613 1997, 508Places
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Cosmos: A Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe Part Three 1858
October 15, 2004, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Cosmos: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe (Foundations of Natural History)
May 12, 1997, The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Cosmos: a sketch of a physical description of the universe
1997, Johns Hopkins Press
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Cosmos: sketch of a physical description of the universe
1849, Printed for Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans ... and John Murray ...
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Cosmos: essai d'une description physique du monde
1846, C. Turati
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Cosmos: a survey of the general physical history of the universe.
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"In the attempt to grasp the inexhaustible materials afforded by the study of then physical world-or in other words-to group phenomena in such a manner as to facilitate our insight into their causal connection, general clearness and lucidity can only be secured where special details-more particularly in the long and successfully cultivated fields of observation-are not separated from the higher points of view of cosmical unity."
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"I CAN not more appropriately introduce the Cosmos than by presenting a brief sketch of the life of its illustrious author."
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