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Uncommon card · Science
John Loudon McAdam, an Uncommon card
John Loudon McAdam was a Scottish civil engineer and road-builder.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 91
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 23,000
Power 91 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
John Loudon McAdam quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the John Loudon McAdam card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Modern road ______ still reflects McAdam's influence.
Answer
construction. Modern road construction still reflects McAdam's influence. From the John Loudon McAdam article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Valentin Glushko. Valentin Glushko 63 · Benjamín Mora 59 · John Loudon McAdam 55 · Constantan 52 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.
- He invented a new process, "macadamisation", for building roads with a smooth hard surface, using controlled materials of mixed particle size and predetermined structure, that would be more durable and less muddy than soil-based tracks.
- Modern road construction still reflects McAdam's influence.
- Of subsequent improvements, the most significant was the introduction of tar to bind the road surface's stones together, "tarmac"
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The John Loudon McAdam article was read about 23,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get John Loudon McAdam
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, John Loudon McAdam (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : engraving by Charles Turner, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
