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Borda

Borda, Jean Charles, mathematician and physicist, was born in 1733 at Dax, in the French department of Landes. He served in the army and navy, and introduced new instruments for navigation purposes. He was also a useful member of the commission that framed the new system of weights and measures in France. He died in 1799.