The year 1890 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. And this is the Time in which H.G Wells lived who is the Autor of War of the Worlds and is a famous scientist/writer
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“The puritanical potentialities of science have never been forecast. If it evolves a body of organized rites, and is established as a religion, hierarchically organized, things more than anything else will be done in the name of “decency.” The coarse fumes of tobacco and liquors, the consequent tainting of the breath and staining of white fingers and teeth, which is so offensive to many women, will be the first things attended to.”
—Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)