See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• JEAN CHARLES BORDA (1733-1799)

BORDA (1733-1799)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French mathematician and nautical astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Dax on the 4th of May 1733 . He studied at La See also:

• FLECHE (French for " arrow ")

Fleche, and at an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age obtained a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission in the See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry . In 1756 he presented a Memoire sur le mouvement See also:

• DES

des projectiles to the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy of Sciences, who elected him a member . He was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Hastembeck, and soon afterwards joined the See also:

• NAVAL

naval service . He visited the See also:

• AZORES (Acores), or WESTERN ISLANDS

Azores and the See also:

• CANARY
• CANARY (Serinus canarius)

Canary Islands, of which he constructed an admirable See also:

• MAP
• MAP (or MAPES), WALTER (d. c. 1208/9)

map . In 1782 his See also:

• FRIGATE

frigate was taken by a See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• SQUADRON

squadron; he himself was carried to See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, but was almost immediately released on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole and returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . He died at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris on the loth of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1799 . See also:

• BORDA, JEAN CHARLES (1733-1799)

Borda contributed a See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of valuable See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs to the Academy of Sciences . His researches in See also:

• HYDRODYNAMICS (Gr. Scot)

hydrodynamics were highly useful for marine See also:

• ENGINEERING

engineering, while the reflecting and repeating circles, as improved by him, were of See also:

• GREAT

great service in nautical See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy . He was associated with J . B . J .

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• DELAMBRE, JEAN BAPTISTE JOSEPH (1749-1822)

Delambre and P . F . A . Mechain in the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to determine an arc of the See also:

• MERIDIAN
• MERIDIAN (from the Lat. meridianus, pertaining to the south or mid-day)

meridian, and the greater number of the See also:

• INSTRUMENTS

instruments employed in the task were invented by him . See J . B . See also:

• BIOT, JEAN BAPTISTE (1774-1862)

Biot, " See also:

• NOTICE

Notice sur Borda " in the Mein. de l'Acad. des Sciences, iv .