The paper was rightly criticised by Grassmann and Maxwell . Helmholtz was always prepared to admit his mistakes and indeed he did just this three years later when he published new experimental results showing those of his 1852 paper to be incorrect.
Ang papel ay wasto criticised by Grassmann at Maxwell. Helmholtz ay palaging handa upang aminin ang kanyang pagkakamali at sa katunayan siya ay tatlong taon lamang na ito mamaya kapag siya nai-publish na bagong experimental ang pagpapakita ng mga resulta ng kanyang papel sa 1852 ay hindi tama.