In this phase shift circuit, the transistor can be any general-purpose transistor. The circuit is from an Electronics Now issue of June 1993.
Today we have more compact solutions. This is from a Radio Electronics magazine from October 1990....
This circuit is from an 80's documentation, making use of PUTs that are not currently common...
This circuit multiplies the input voltage by 3 and can work with up to 12 V input. The current is a few...