This 1969 circuit uses a 117 V filament tube powered directly by the power grid. The original circuit makes use of a charcoal microphone, a common component at the time.
This circuit was found in a General Electric documentation from 1966. It uses discrete components...
The CMOS TLC555 [equivalent to the bipolar 555] can be used as a monostable in the configuration...
This small audio amplifier was found in an American publication in 1975, The integrated circuit used...