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"The Centaur" by Algernon Blackwood
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Published in 1911
Fechner: Gustav Theodor Fechner, a 19th century German physicist, philosopher, and experimental psychologist, founder of psychophysics
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The pictures used are:
1 the Centaur Mosaic, late 2nd century - early 3rd century AD, Orange Museum
2 Arthur William Edgar O'Shaughnessy, circa 1875
3 the RMS Saxonia, around 190
4 the first class dining saloon on the RMS Saxonia
5 the Boat Deck on the RMS Saxonia
6 "The Round Pond, Kensington Gardens" by Cyril Henry Barraud
7 "The island of Ischia seen from the sea, showing volcanic features", a coloured etching by Pietro Fabris, 1776. CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
8 the bridge of the RMS Saxonia
9 the promenade deck of the RMS Saxonia taken from the foredeck
10 a stateroom on the RMS Saxonia.
11 "Ile Lipari" by Eric Laurent. CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
12 a first class stateroom on the RMS Saxonia
13 "The Golden Age", a 17th century fresco by Pietro da Cortona
14 an AI generated image using "Weltgehirn" as the prompt
15 Montpelier Square
16 "Paradise before the fall of man" by Franz Rösel von Rosenhof
17 "Earth from Space" by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
18 the first class smoking room on the RMS Saxonia
19 "Modern shipping in the ancient Athenian harbor at Piraeus, Greece", from 1907
20 "The Saronic Gulf at dusk. View from the edge of the harbour of Aegina." by George E. Koronaios. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
21 the SS Theodore Roosevelt at night (1910)
22 Chiron
23 "Evening in Arcady" (1843) by Thomas Cole
24: Smyrna, Turkey in 1910
25: Zentaurenkampf (1873) by Arnold Böcklin
26: Batumi in 1911
27: "Nature of Imereti" by Alexey Komarov. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
28: A Centaur plays a Lyre to a Dancing Satyr (after Giovanni da Udine and Raphael), by Pietro Santi Bartoli (1635-1700)
29: "Nord-Ossetia, Tsamad-village" by T.Btemyraty. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
30: Achilles and Chiron
31: "Rhododendron flowers on background of Chaukhi Mountain. Kazbegi National Park. WDPA nubmer: 555549410" by Ryzhkov Sergey. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
32: a view of Greek Street, Soho, from 1906
33: "View to the South from Mount Elbrus" by Gergely Pirovich from Hungary. CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en)
34: "Kasbek from Tsminda Gergeti" by Roberto Strauss from Frankfurt am Main, Deutschland. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en)
34: Gates of horn and ivory
35: "The Fight between the Lapiths and the Centaurs" by Piero di Cosimo, painted sometime around 1500
36: Centauress (1887) by John La Farge
37: The Garden of Eden (1828) by Thomas Cole
38: Explusion from the Garden of Eden (1828) by Thomas Cole
39: Mingrelien. Der Phasis (1838) by Jean-Marie Chopin
40: Batumi (1881) by Lev Legorio
41: the city of Bursa, Turkey from between 1890 and 1905
42: "Pre-dawn light beam at Capo Testa Lighthouse, an active lighthouse located at the northernmost point of Sardinia on the western entrance to the Strait of Bonifacio" by Diana Robinson. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/)
43: "Der Weißenhof in Weinsberg. Ehemaliges Schlösschen von Südosten" by Rosenzweig. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
44: "Santa Teresa Gallura - Bocche di Bonifacio" by Gianni Careddu. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
45: John Keats' tombstone in the Protestant cemetary in Rome, photo by Piero Montesacro. CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en)
46: the Great Smog of London that happened in 1952
To follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/9964/pg9964-images.html
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