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The Bordoni fonds (1807-1847)

Antonio Maria Bordoni (1789 - 1860)

Mathematician, professor in Pavia first at the Scuola Militare then at the university of whose mathematical school he was an eminent exponent. He taught geodesy, sublime calculus and hydrometry and wrote a number of important treatises.

The collection was acquired from the Regio Istituto Tecnico Superiore in 1898 and incorporated into the Brioschi collection (see below). It consists of 3 bundles and is divided up into two series: 1. Writings (career and teaching, participation in scientific academies, studies and research); 2. Correspondence (letters to Gabrio Piola and others).

Held at the Archivi Storici since July 2011.

Additional documentation
The fonds inventory is published on Archivista http://www.archimistaweb.polimi.it/groups/Polimi-ArchiviStorici/ and on the website Lombardia Archivi https://lombardiarchivi.servizirl.it/