Anders Angerstein in the family until the 19th century. Anders Angerstein is noted for improvements for charcoal piles during his tenure. In 1981, the former Angerstein steelworks of which he laid the foundation were transformed into the "Steelworks Museum of Vikmanshyttan", maintained as a museum of regional industrial history. Anders Angerstein Anders Angerstein (1614-1659), also called "Andrae Angerstein", was a German-Swedish ironmaster. Anders Angerstein is said to have been born in , Niedersachsen, Holy Roman Empire, with evidence indicating ultimate family origins in Hungary. He immigrated to Sweden along with accompanying miners, first in service of other equally immigrated ironmasters but with
Christian Mayer (astronomer) able to continue his astronomical observations and studies. He applied for and was granted in December 1765 a Fellowship of the Royal Society. He is most noted for pioneering the study of binary stars, although his equipment was ill-suitable for distinguishing between true binaries and coincident star alignments. In 1777-78 he compiled a catalog of 80 double stars, which he published in 1781. During his lifetime he became a member of numerous learned societies. He died in Heidelberg. Christian Mayer (astronomer) Christian Mayer (August 20, 1719 – April 16, 1783) was a Czech-German Catholic priest, astronomer and teacher. He was