This was done as early as 1754 by Jean le Rond d'Alembert in the Encyclopédie, and by some authors in the 19th century like H. G. Wells in his novel The Time Machine (1895).
Beispielsweise tat dies bereits 1754 Jean d’Alembert in der Encyclopédie, sowie einige Autoren im 19. Jahrhundert wie H. G. Wells in seinem Roman Die Zeitmaschine (1895).