An yi wannan tun farkon 1754 ta Jean le Rond d'Alembert a cikin Encyclopédie, da kuma wasu marubuta a karni na 19 kamar H. G. Wells a cikin littafinsa The Time Machine (1895). A cikin 1901 Menyhért Palágyi ya haɓaka samfurin falsafa, wanda sararin samaniya da lokaci sune bangarori biyu kawai na wani nau'in "spacetime". Ya yi amfani da lokaci a matsayin na huɗu na hudu, wanda ya ba da nau'i: Tambaya: Yaushe aka saki Na'urar Lokaci?
Shekara ta 1895