How the First Transistor Worked


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The first transistor was handmade at Bell Labs in 1947. It didn't look quite like what we are used to today, but it worked! -Thanks, Bill Hammack!


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Back in the mid 60's I had a 9-volt transistor radio with the old fashion ear bud. I took the ear bud apart and hooked the wires up to my braces in my mouth and what do you know, I could here the music in my mouth. I thought it was the coolest thing around.
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Yes, this mirrors my own research on moths, which demonstrates that their main habitat is the immediate vicinity of candle flames and lightbulbs.
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Seems to me, since skunks are more commonly around smaller country roads, there should at least be some varieties with yellow stripes rather than white. :)
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Come one poeple. If you didn't know this was a joke, then I invite you to help me hunt some snipes, hoop snakes and some jack-o-lopes. Also, did you know that cows that graze on the side of a hill have shorter legs on one side?
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Travis, this was written by my father, drawing by my sister, and yes, it is a joke. It makes me really sad that you didn't know for sure that it was. Sure it is stupid, it was meant to be. What kind of researcher would use a song as their only proof of a theory? I'm going to go cry for you.
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