Certainly Tait came off worst in this arguments, perhaps his heart was too set on quaternionic methods to allow his head to see the importance of the ideas of Heaviside and Gibbs .
Totoong Tait nagmula off pinakamasama sa argument na ito, marahil ang kanyang puso ay masyadong naka-set sa quaternionic pamamaraan upang payagan ang kanyang ulo upang makita ang kahalagahan ng mga ideya ng Heaviside at Gibbs.