The dispute had another unfortunate consequence, namely that Gregory became much less keen to announce the methods by which he made his mathematical discoveries and, as a consequence, it was not until Turnbull examined Gregory's papers in the library in St Andrews in the 1930s that the full brilliance of Gregory's discoveries became known.
Sa alitan ay ang isa pang kapus-palad kalalabasan, namely na Gregory ay naging lubhang mas mababa masigasig na nakikipagtulungan sa ipahayag ang paraan na kung saan ginawa niya ang kanyang mga matematiko discoveries at, bilang resulta, ito ay hindi hanggang Turnbull napagmasdan Gregory ng mga papeles sa library sa St Andrews sa 1930s na ang buong katalinuhan ng Gregory's discoveries naging kilala.