How did Reginald Fessenden become a chemist?

Canadian-born Reginald Fessenden was basically an electrician. Edison wanted him to work as a chemist, and Fessenden protested, “But l’m not a chemist!” Edison’s response was: “I have had a lot of chemists… but none of them can get results.”

Edison’s knack to identify talent was once again proved right; Fessenden went on to excel as a chemist, working on insulation materials for electrical wires.

Anyway, Fessenden left the West Orange Laboratory later, and made several inventions of his own. They included a few related to telephony and telegraphy. He did some pioneering work in radio technology too which led to the amplitude modulation (AM) radio.

The first transmission of speech by radio, and the first two-way radio-telegraphic communication across the Atlantic were among his many achievements.

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