The lost transistor? (Makezine, 2009)

https://makezine.com/article/technology/the-lost-transistor/

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The Transistor Enigma

https://web.archive.org/web/20090404052348/http://www.aethmogen.com/wri/radams/tenigma1/toc.shtml

“THE ADAMS CRYSTAL AMPLIFIER

The Adams Crystal Amplifier was invented, 1933, by Robert G. Adams, at the age of thirteen years, at 418 Queen Street West, Hastings, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand, the assembly of which is depicted, as Adams described it, in the artist’s impression.”

https://web.archive.org/web/20100105122933/http://www.aethmogen.com/wri/radams/tenigma1/07ada/01txt.shtml