1870s (Noun)
Meaning
The decade from 1870 to 1879.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- The widespread use of barbed wire during the 1870s led to significant changes in cattle ranching and the American Old West.
- Women's suffrage movements in the United States and Britain gained momentum in the 1870s with various petition campaigns.
- By the 1870s, urban growth in London led to concerns over poverty and inadequate sanitation, driving improvements to social and housing policies.
- Developments in astronomical science, including improved spectroscopy and orbital measurements, allowed astronomers in the 1870s to describe Saturn's moons.
- Electric lights powered by early central generating stations started illuminating some areas during the 1870s in industrial centers of North America.