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Edward Sabine, a Common card
Sir Edward Sabine was an Irish physicist, geodesist,astronomer, geophysicist, ornithologist, polar explorer, soldier, and the 30th president of the Royal Society.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 124
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,300
Power 124 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He led the effort to establish a system of magnetic observatories in various parts of British territory all over the globe.
- Much of his life was devoted to their direction and to analysing their observations.
- Other research focused on the birds of Greenland, ocean temperatures, the Gulf Stream, barometric measurement of heights, arc of the meridian, glacial transport of rocks, the volcanoes of the Hawaiian Islands and various points of meteorology.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Edward Sabine article was read about 6,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get Edward Sabine
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Edward Sabine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Stephen Pearce, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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