Alejandro Polanco MasaA Stratospheric PhotoAmerican Albert W. Stevens, born in 1886, was not only a pioneer of aviation and high-altitude ballooning, but also an accomplished aerial…·3 min read·Feb 4, 2024----
Alejandro Polanco MasaThe Amazing Story of Pasadena’s Forgotten Railway to the CloudsThe Mount Lowe Railroad was a scenic mountain railway built in the Los Angeles area near Pasadena, California, United States. It was…·5 min read·Jan 1, 2024----
Alejandro Polanco MasaMystery in the observatoryAt over 2,500 metres above sea level, Mount Säntis is a peak in the Swiss Alps that can now be reached by cable car. From the top you can…·3 min read·Apr 19, 2023----
Alejandro Polanco MasaThe ideal bureaucratic office: Prague 1937In Futurama, bureaucrat Hermes Conrad is happy when he visits a landmark for him and all bureaucrats: the gigantic Central Bureaucracy…·3 min read·Apr 17, 2023----
Alejandro Polanco MasaJames Wyld’s Amazing ProjectThe idea for my new Kickstarter project was born some years ago when I was able to get my hands on an original copy of “Wyld’s School…·3 min read·Feb 3, 2023----
Alejandro Polanco MasainThe StartupTelefon Hírmondó, the 19th Century InternetAt the end of the 19th century, the dream of a Hungarian engineer became a network that serving content through the telephone line.·8 min read·Nov 18, 2020----
Alejandro Polanco MasaNo, the One in this Picture is not Nikola TeslaIt happens from time to time as I review articles about Nikola Tesla. Many of them include a famous photograph of which, insistently, it…·2 min read·Nov 16, 2020----
Alejandro Polanco MasaEnrique Gaspar, the Writer who Unveiled the First Time Machine Before H. G. WellsH. G. Wells is considered the original creator of stories about machines capable of time travel, but what if a writer had devised…·6 min read·May 27, 2020----
Alejandro Polanco MasaThe Revolving Solarium of Aix-les-Bains, an Amazing BuildingIt no longer exists but it must have been something impressive to behold. Aix-les-Bains is a town in western France where one of the most…·3 min read·Mar 21, 2020--1--1
Alejandro Polanco MasaSome Historical Considerations About the 1918 Flu EpidemicMore than a century ago, the greatest pandemic in modern history was unfolding. It was in 1918, the year of the end of the First World War…·7 min read·Mar 14, 2020----