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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, April 17, 196
CHECKING SUN MACHINE—George Beal, professor of architecture, studies the reflection of the light produced inside the building model by his sun machine invention, the Inside-Outside Heliodon.
Professor Learns Inventors' Dilemma
By Dolores Orman
Recognition of an invention may seem slow to an inventor, but no matter how late it comes it is still satisfying.
This would seem to be the opinion of George Beal, professor of architecture. In 1939, Prof. Beal invented a sun machine called the "Inside-Outside Heliodon," the first of its kind ever built in the United States.
Prof. Beal received many requests from American universities and colleges for working drawings of the machine. But it was not until 15 years later that he began receiving requests from foreign countries.
IN JULY, 1954. Prof. Beal received a request from the Bengal Engineering College in Howrah, India. The Scientific and Industrial Research Center in Roorkee, India, sent a request in 1956 and a school of architecture in Nottingham, England, asked for working drawings in 1958.
A few weeks ago, officials of the department of architecture of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota asked for drawings.
The Inside-Outside Heliodon is built to approximate the path of the sun and to reproduce sunlight on the exterior and the interior of a building, Prof. Beal explained.
The sun machine has practical as well as theoretical benefits.
"FROM STUDYING the various angles of the sun's rays on a building," Prof. Beal explained, "one can ascertain the best way to build a building in order to assure the right amount of light and to prevent a blinding glare from the sun's rays."
Prof. Beal also explained that through studying the machine it is possible to gain information on constructing a building for maximum heating and cooling benefits.
The Inside-Outside Heliodon consists of a small hollow building model fixed over a hole in a wooden platform and a small motor-operated flood light attached to a long retractable metal arm.
The light revolves around the building, approximating the path of the sun.
A MIRROR located beneath the hole in the platform allows the observer to see the light as it appears inside the building.
The retractable arm can be set at days and months of the year. The "sun" can be set also at the approximate latitude of the building.
Though the Inside-Outside Heliodon was built especially for classroom work, Prof. Beal said the machine is also of great potential benefit to industry.
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1919 Vintage Silent Picture To be Shown in Kansas Union
"Blind Husbands," a silent movie filmed in 1919, will be shown at 7 p.m. today in the Forum Room of the Kansas Union.
Movies scheduled for the remainder of the week include:
- "The Burmese Harp," a Japanese film with English subtitles, to be shown at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in 303 Bailey Hall. The film won the San Giorgio prize in 1956 for the film which "best shows man's capacity to live with one another."
- "Rembrandt van Rijn" and "Baroque Churches in Germany," films on art, to be shown at 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. tomorrow in Spooner Museum.
- "The Adventures of Robin Hood," starring Basil Rathbone and Errol Flynn, to be shown at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday in Fraser Theatre. The film replaces "Come September."
Lawyers to Outline Specialized Careers
Reports on specialized careers in law will be made by eight junior members of the Kansas Bar Association at 2:30 today in the courtroom, Green Hall.
Careers to be discussed include; corporate practice, practice with a large firm in a large city, practice with a state, practice in a rural community, and practice as an elected official. i.e., county attorney or probate judge.
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Woman 'Lest' in Mate Choice
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— Elsie Cupit got 26 marriage proposals after her Scots boyfriend called off their wedding.
"I would like very much to get married but the difficulty is choosing the right man," she said yesterday. Elsie plans to meet each of her suitors before deciding.
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