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From: werd@interlog.com [Drew Williamson]
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 13:23:04 -0400 (EDT)
Fwd Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:39:48 -0400
Subject: Re: Documentation of the transistor's invention

>>From: werd@interlog.com [Drew Williamson]
>>Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 19:58:42 -0400 (EDT)
>>Subject: Phil Corso stole my book!

>Drew wrote:

>>For the record;

>>Dec. 16, 1947 Shockley, Bardeen and others announce the first
>>recognition of the transistor effect.


>Drew,

>Do you have a reference for this? It's one of the key facts to be
>established.

One reference in-hand is "The Timtables of Technology" edited by Bryan
Bunch and Alexander Hellmans published by Simon and Schuster in 1993, p.374
under the 'Electronics & Computers' section. This mentions the Dec. 16 and
Dec. 23 dates I mentioned in my post.

>>July 1, 1948 The New York Times announces the discovery in its "News
>>of Radio" section.

>Some years back whilst studying Computing at College, I wrote an essay
>on the history of computing - no doubt a dreadful one. Nonetheless,
>it began by referring to the press announcement of the transistor's
>invention, a brief few paragraphs tucked away in the pages of a US
>daily newspaper.

>I can't recall the date of the newspaper announcement, but I believe
>it was the New York Times. This first public announcement is one of
>the other key historical facts and I'm looking into it. A number of
>timelines attribute the invention of the transistor to 1948, possibly
>based on a later, formal press release from Bell Labs.

See above for the New York Times issue in which it was announced
to the public.

Drew Williamson