The Rev Dodgson said:

SCIENCE said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

the question:

How-did-Newton-derive-the-universal-law-of-gravitation

and especially the answer from Alejandro Jenkins.

so he stood on the shoulders of giants and saw further

and also Hooke who was not very gigantic.

well if he was intending to give a proper acknowledgement of his contemporary’s contribution then he should have written it as

What Des-Cartes did was a good step. You have added much several ways, & especially in taking the colours of thin plates into philosophical consideration. aaabddeeeeeefffgghhhhiiiiiilnnnnnooorrrsssssstttttuuvy