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Carl Wilhelm Siemens, a Common card
Sir Carl Wilhelm Siemens, anglicised to Charles William Siemens, was a German-British electrical engineer and businessman.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 90
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 15,000
Power 90 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 30 % of WikiCards cards.
Carl Wilhelm Siemens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Carl Wilhelm Siemens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He invented the ______ furnace which enabled a process that came to be known as the Siemens-Martin process.
Answer
regenerative. He invented the regenerative furnace which enabled a process that came to be known as the Siemens-Martin process. From the Carl Wilhelm Siemens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Carl Wilhelm Siemens. Carl Wilhelm Siemens 62 · Ralph Fowler 59 · August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben 56 · Battle of Moscow 53 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was born on April 4, 1823, in the Kingdom of Hanover and died on 19 November 1883 at the age of 60 years in London.
- He received the Albert Medal in 1874, the Royal Society Bakeries Medal in 1871, and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1862.
- He invented the regenerative furnace which enabled a process that came to be known as the Siemens-Martin process.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Carl Wilhelm Siemens article was read about 15,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Carl Wilhelm Siemens
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Carl Wilhelm Siemens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Photographer: Mr. Van der Weyde, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
