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History of radar, an Uncommon card
The history of radar started with experiments by Heinrich Hertz in the late 19th century that showed that radio waves were reflected by metallic objects.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 88
- DEF
- 91
- Power
- 179
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 49,000
Power 179 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
History of radar quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the History of radar card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell's seminal work on ______.
Answer
electromagnetism. This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell's seminal work on electromagnetism. From the History of radar article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
165546 in ____).
Answer
1900s. 165546 in 1904). From the History of radar article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Air warfare of World War II. Air warfare of World War II 91 · History of radar 88 · Pagan Kingdom 84 · Kelly Craft 80 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.
- This possibility was suggested in James Clerk Maxwell's seminal work on electromagnetism.
- However, it was not until the early 20th century that systems able to use these principles were becoming widely available, and it was German inventor Christian Hülsmeyer who first used them to build a simple ship detection device intended to help avoid collisions in fog (Reichspatent Nr.
- 165546 in 1904).
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The History of radar article was read about 49,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 88 and blocks with 91: each hit it takes is cut by 36 %.
How to get History of radar
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of radar (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : David Wright, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
