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Lawrence B. Anderson, Maria Telkes, and William J. Arner examine the Solarometer, an apparatus which mimics the angle of the suns rays.

Original caption: "Members of the Symposium on Space Heating with Solar Energy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology August 21 to 25, 1950, study the operation of the 'Solarometer,' a device designed by engineers of the Libgey-Owens-Ford Glass Company to depict the angle of the sun's rays at any point in the United States at any time of the day, and day of the year. Left to right are Professor Lawrence B. Anderson, head of the M.I.T. department of architecture and chairman of the Symposium; Dr. Maria Telkes, research associate in metallurgy at M.I.T.; and Dr. William J. Arner of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Technical Staff. From the News Service Mass. Institute of Technology Cambridge, Mass.",