When Does "The Time Machine" (1895) Take Place?

"The Time Machine: An Invention" is a science fiction serialized (partwork) novel written by H.G. Wells that premiered January 1895. So when is "The Time Machine" set? 


It takes place in the year: 

802701 AD 

We know this because soon after the Time Traveler arrives in the future, he narrates to us: "I resolved to mount to the summit of a crest, possibly a mile and a half away, from which I could get a wider view of this our planet in the year 802,701, A. D. For that, I should explain, was the date the little dials of my machine recorded." 

Additionally, there are opening and closing scenes that take place in the Time Traveler's home time. At one point in the year 802701 AD, the Time Traveler specifically says, "some Eight Hundred Thousand Years hence", certainly referring to his 'the present'. That would roughly put the Time Traveler's home time as 2701 AD. 

802,701 - 800,000 = 2,701. 

HOWEVER, during the opening the Time Traveler says, "Professor Simon Newcomb was expounding this to the New York Mathematical Society only a month or so ago." The real-world mathematician Simon Newcomb (1835-1909) lived from March 12th, 1835 AD to July 11th, 1909 AD. So it must be before July of 1909 AD during the prologue. 

Finally, there's chapter 14 "The Further Vision", the Time Traveler declares he pushed "more than thirty million years hence". So it's something like 30001900 AD. 

1,900 + 30,000,000 = 30,001,900. 

It was adapted to audio-drama in , then to film in 1960, and again in 2002.