In trying to get a coherent idea of time travel in my SF book ‘Out of Time’ I had not originally thought of using H. G. Wells, however, when I realised he had lived in Midhurst after he left Upark, the opportunity to use him was too good to miss. How to use him though was a different matter. Then while researching his life and trying to get something that would fit in with James Maxwell, I came across an intriguing article on how H. G. Wells got his ideas on time dimension by Stephen Baxter of Imperial College. The link is here;
http://erkelzaar.tsudao.com/books/Baxter2.htm
See also my page on Wells here.