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Rare card · Science
James Watt, a Rare card
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, engineer and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's 1712 Newcomen steam engine with his Watt steam engine in 1776, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution in both his native Great Britain and the rest of the world.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 78
- DEF
- 84
- Power
- 162
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 210,000
Power 162 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 85 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- While working as an instrument maker at the University of Glasgow, Watt became interested in the technology of steam engines.
- At the time engineers such as John Smeaton were aware of the inefficiencies of Newcomen's engine and aimed to improve it.
- Watt's insight was to realise that contemporary engine designs wasted a great deal of energy by repeatedly cooling and reheating the cylinder.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The James Watt article was read about 210,000 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 %.
How to get James Watt
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, James Watt (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Carl Frederik von Breda, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
