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      Walter Brattain:  
        December 16, 1947: 
        After over a year of work, Brattain and Bardeen finally devised a successful 
        amplifier. Brattain here describes the set up of that very first point-contact 
        transistor. The second page shows a schematic of the gold-covered tip 
        that was placed gently down on top of the germanium crystal. 
        
      Lab Book Pages
       Brattain 12/4/47 /a 
        Brattain 12/4/47 /b 
        Brattain 12/16/47 /a 
        Brattain 12/16/47 /b 
        Brattain 12/24/47 /a 
        Brattain 12/24/47 /b 
        Shockley 1/1/48 /a 
        Shockley 1/1/48 /b 
        Shockley 1/23/48 /a 
        Shockley 1/23/48 /b 
        Shockley 1/23/48 /c 
        Shockley 1/23/48 /d
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                Brattain Dec. 16, 1947/a
            
            
              
              
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