The purpose of this circuit found in an old Elektor is to light a lower power lamp when the bigger one burns out. The loads depend on the triacs.
This circuit appears in similar versions on this site. This is from a Popular Electronics from the 80's. The...
This two-transistor delay circuit from the 1960s was found in documentation from the time....
This circuit operates with signals from 150 kHz to 1 MHz and makes use of a known NAND CMOS gate....