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Uncommon card · History
Charles Wheatstone, an Uncommon card
Sir Charles Wheatstone was an English physicist and inventor best known for his contributions to the development of the Wheatstone bridge, originally invented by Samuel Hunter Christie, which is used to measure an unknown electrical resistance, and as a major figure in the development of telegraphy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 75
- DEF
- 65
- Power
- 140
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 26,000
Power 140 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- His other contributions include the English concertina, the stereoscope and the Playfair cipher.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Charles Wheatstone article was read about 26,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 75 and blocks with 65: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Charles Wheatstone
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Charles Wheatstone (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Samuel Laurence, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
