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Borda, Jean Charles de

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Borda, Jean Charles de (1733-1799)

French mathematician and physicist. He introduced new methods and instruments connected with the sciences of navigation, astronomy, and geodesy. He was one of the scientists who framed the metric system adopted in France under the Republican government.
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