Leibniz replied immediately but Newton, not realising that his letter had taken a long time to reach Leibniz, thought he had had six weeks to work on his reply. Certainly one of the consequences of Newton 's letter was that Leibniz realised he must quickly publish a fuller account of his own methods.
Leibniz tumugon kaagad ngunit Newton, hindi realising na ang kanyang mga sulat ay kinuha ng isang mahabang oras na maabot Leibniz, isipan niya nagkaroon ng anim na linggo sa trabaho sa kanyang reply. Totoong isa sa mga kahihinatnan ng Newton 's sulat ay na Leibniz realised siya ay kailangang mabilis na-publish ng isang fuller account ng kanyang sariling pamamaraan.