This stage was found in a 1964 Electronic Design. The transistors are of the time and the shape of the signal obtained is shown in the diagram.
This is a shunt circuit to be used on a multimeter, expanding its scales to measure high currents....
This step is also suitable for the AC188k and SK3004 transistors and was found in a 1980s...
This high quality audio preamplifier uses three bipolar transistor and is powered from 24 V...