In early 1793 it looked as though political events would prevent the project being completed and Borda, Lagrange and Laplace made a provisional estimate of the metre based on a survey previously carried our by Cassini de Thury .
Sa unang bahagi ng 1793 ito tumingin bilang bagaman pampulitikang kaganapan ay maiwasan ang proyekto ay natapos na at Borda, Lagrange at Laplace na ginawa ng isang provisional estimate ng metro batay sa isang survey dati natupad sa pamamagitan ng aming Cassini de Thury.