Talk:Jean-Charles de Borda

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 * There was a funny invisible character after the infobox. I saw it when turning wikEd on, and removed it. Hope this helps. Crowsnest (talk) 22:04, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Napoléon's Method?
Is there a citation for this claim or a clarification of what Napoléon's method was (and how it differed from Borda's)? "In 1770, Borda formulated a ranked preferential voting system that is referred to as the Borda count. The French Academy of Sciences used Borda's method to elect its members for about two decades until it was quashed by Napoleon Bonaparte who insisted that his own method be used after he became president of the Académie in 1801." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.47.69.23 (talk) 01:28, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Possible Inaccuracy
It says under the section, Tables of Logarithms:

"With the advent of the metric system after the French Revolution it was decided that the quarter circle should be divided into 100 degrees instead of 90 degrees, and the degree into 100 seconds instead of 60 seconds."

Then beneath it in the same section:

"...the Quarter of the Circle divided into 100 degrees, the degree into 100 minutes, and the minute into 100 seconds..."

The first says from degrees to seconds; the second says from degrees to minutes to seconds. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.153.48.149 (talk) 05:04, 20 January 2016 (UTC)

Political science ?
I see no reason to qualify Borda as a "political scientist". It is true that the so-called Borda count is an election method, but it is a very small thing in his life, and he himself apparently did not relate this suggestion to political matters. Reading the (very detailled and lengthy !) book on his life, one can see that the Borda rule was defined by an enginner, not by a political scientist! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Girifou (talk • contribs) 13:31, 29 November 2018 (UTC)