Anders Planman also calculated the correct longitude for six locations on the way, among them Kajaani, Mikkeli and Hämeenlinna. He could do this partly because he used surveying tools for his astronomical observations; these were some of the most exact contemporary measuring tools. The minor planet 2639 Planman is named after Anders Planman. Anders Planman Anders Planman (1724 – 25 April 1803) was a Finnish astronomer, professor of physics and mathematician. He was one of the first people to make systematical astronomical observations in Finland. Planman came from a Swedish-speaking Finnish family and his father was a lieutenant. He studied at the
Anders Henrik Bull Anders Henrik Bull Anders Henrik Bull (25 January 1875 – after 1909) was a Norwegian electrical engineer. He was born in Minneapolis as the son of ophthalmologist Ole Bornemann Bull (1842–1916) and his first wife Marie Cathrine Lund (1843–1884). The family moved to Norway in 1876. He took his engineering education in Kristiania and Hannover. He returned to Norway from Hannover in 1901, and became noted in the engineering community for his pioneering work on wireless telegraphy. He also worked for Norsk Hydro, as a consultant to Kristian Birkeland, from 1906 to 1909, in that company's formative phase. He married