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History of the steam engine, an Uncommon card
The first recorded rudimentary steam engine was the aeolipile, mentioned by Vitruvius between 30 and 15 BCE and described by Heron of Alexandria in 1st-century Roman Egypt.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 69,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Several steam-powered devices were later experimented with or proposed, such as Taqi al-Din's steam jack, a steam turbine in 16th-century Ottoman Egypt, Denis Papin's working model of the steam digester in 1679 and Thomas Savery's steam pump in 1698.
- In 1712, Thomas Newcomen's atmospheric engine became the first commercially successful engine using the principle of the reciprocating piston and cylinder, which was the fundamental type of steam engine used until the early 20th century.
- The steam engine was used to pump water out of coal mines.
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 the steam engine article was read about 69,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 78 and blocks with 84: each hit it takes is cut by 34 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, History of the steam engine (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Original: Unknown Source: Institute of Human Thermodynamics and IoHT Publishing Ltd., Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
