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History of photography, a Rare card
The history of photography began with the discovery of two critical principles: The first is camera obscura image projection, the second is the discovery that some substances are visibly altered by exposure to light.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 80
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 164
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 280,000
Power 164 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
History of photography quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of photography card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
However, he did not pursue making these results ______.
Answer
permanent. However, he did not pursue making these results permanent. From the History of photography article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Around ____, Johann Heinrich Schulze used a light-sensitive slurry to capture images of cut-out letters on a bottle.
Answer
1710s. Around 1718, Johann Heinrich Schulze used a light-sensitive slurry to capture images of cut-out letters on a bottle. From the History of photography article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Quito. Quito 84 · History of photography 80 · Matt Prater 77 · Ahmed I 73 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.
- There are no artifacts or descriptions that indicate any attempt to capture images with light sensitive materials prior to the 18th century.
- Around 1718, Johann Heinrich Schulze used a light-sensitive slurry to capture images of cut-out letters on a bottle.
- However, he did not pursue making these results permanent.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of photography article was read about 280,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 80 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
How to get History of photography
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of photography (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Roger Fenton (1819–1869), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
