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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: transistor history
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Date: 31 Mar 89 01:52:32 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>BTW, was the transistor a civilian or military development. I suspose
>the question is, what was the source of funds that Shockley et al
>used to develop the transistor?

Civilian.  Invented at Bell Labs, on Bell System internal funding.