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Ellen Swallow Richards, an Uncommon card
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards was an American industrial and safety engineer, environmental chemist, and university faculty member in the United States during the 19th century.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 76
- DEF
- 88
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
Ellen Swallow Richards quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ellen Swallow Richards card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Richards ______ from Westford Academy in 1862.
Answer
graduated. Richards graduated from Westford Academy in 1862. From the Ellen Swallow Richards article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Kernel. Kernel 31,000 · Ellen Swallow Richards 17,000 · Discovery and exploration of the Solar System 13,000 · William Jackson Hooker 9,900 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Her pioneering work in sanitary engineering, and experimental research in domestic science, laid a foundation for the new science of home economics.
- She was the founder of the home economics movement characterized by the application of science to the home, and the first to apply chemistry to the study of nutrition.
- Richards graduated from Westford Academy in 1862.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ellen Swallow Richards article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 76 and blocks with 88: each hit it takes is cut by 35 %.
How to get Ellen Swallow Richards
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ellen Swallow Richards (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown (Original uploader was Astrochemist at en.wikipedia ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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