Hamilton Perkins Cady was an American chemist who in 1907 in collaboration with David McFarland discovered that helium could be extracted from natural gas.
10 Facts About Hamilton Cady
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Hamilton Cady is the son of Perkins Elijah Cady and Ella Falkenbury.
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In 1899, Cady returned to the University of Kansas as assistant professor of chemistry and resumed his work with liquid ammonia in collaboration with Franklin, carrying out a thesis consisting of a study of concentration cells in this solvent.
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When Franklin was called to Stanford University in 1903 Hamilton Cady took over his courses in inorganic and physical chemistry at Kansas as associate professor.
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Hamilton Cady was a consultant when helium reserves were later found in Texas and Colorado.
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Hamilton Cady made valuable research into the limits of the inflammability of helium and hydrogen mixtures and carried out a number of experiments on the permeability of balloon fabric by helium.
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Hamilton Cady's courses won nationwide repute, and many of his former students attained eminence in scientific fields.
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Hamilton Cady was co-author with Edgar Henry Summerfield Bailey of A Laboratory Guide to the Study of Qualitative Analysis and author of The Principles of Inorganic Chemistry, and General Chemistry.
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Hamilton Cady was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Chemical Society.
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On June 5,1900, Hamilton Cady married Stella Cornelia Gallup, daughter of George Gallup.