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Ericsson cycle, a Common card
The Ericsson cycle is named after inventor John Ericsson who designed and built many unique heat engines based on various thermodynamic cycles.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 43
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He is credited with inventing two unique heat engine cycles and developing practical engines based on these cycles.
- His first cycle is now known as the closed Brayton cycle, while his second cycle is what is now called the Ericsson cycle.
- Ericsson is one of the few who built open-cycle engines, but he also built closed-cycle ones.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ericsson cycle article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 43: each hit it takes is cut by 17 %.
How to get Ericsson cycle
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ericsson cycle (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Mikiemike at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

