Isaak Newton akambofunga nezvekuedza uku, asi akaramba, achida kuratidza dzidziso yake yekukweva. Zvisinei, boka revasayendisiti, kunyanya Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal, vakave nechokwadi chekuti mhedzisiro yacho yaizoonekwa uye vakazvipira kuita ongororo. Iyo yekutsauka kona yaitsamira pahukama hwehukama uye huwandu hwePasi negomo: kana huwandu hwehukama nehuwandu hwaSchiehallion hwaigona kuzivikanwa, saka huwandu hwePasi hwaigonawo. Kana izvi zvangozivikanwa, zvaizopa kukosha kwakatenderedza kweavo vemamwe mapuraneti, mwedzi yavo, uye Zuva, izvo zvaizivikanwa kare chete maererano nehukama hwavo hwehukama. Seimwe mukana wekuwedzera, pfungwa yekuongorora contourography, yakagadzirirwa kurerutsa maitiro egomo, yakave nzira yakajairwa gare gare Mubvunzo: Ndiani aive mumwe wevasayendisiti muchikwata?
Nevil Maskelyne