The pentode tube used in this circuit has 1.5 V filament. The circuit is a voltage amplifier with the 1U5 tube.
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...