Cotes himself wrote a letter to Newton concerning the eclipse in which he explained that his assistant had discovered a method to determine the mid-point of the eclipse and he:
Cotes wrote kanyang sarili ng isang sulat sa Newton tungkol sa paglalaho sa kung saan ipinaliwanag niya na ang kanyang assistant ay natuklasan ng isang paraan upang matukoy ang mga mid-point ng paglalaho at siya: