This circuit is from a 1967 publication and applies to incandescent lamps up to 600 W. Triacs must be fitted with heat sinks.
Using SCRs, this circuit from a 1967 General Electric manual allows full wave load control with SCRs....
This interesting circuit from a publication from the 1970s, measures the intensity of the sound...
This simple NPN and PNP transistor tester configuration can use the low current range of a common...