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Joseph Petzval, a Common card
Joseph Petzval was a mathematician, inventor, and physicist best known for his work in optics.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 4,700
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Joseph Petzval quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Joseph Petzval card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was born in the town of ______ in the Kingdom of Hungary.
Answer
Szepesbéla. He was born in the town of Szepesbéla in the Kingdom of Hungary. From the Joseph Petzval article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Numerical cognition. Numerical cognition 71 · Joseph Petzval 68 · Georg Eberhard Rumphius 64 · William Jessop 59 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 was born in the town of Szepesbéla in the Kingdom of Hungary.
- Petzval studied and later lectured at the Institutum Geometricum in Buda.
- He headed the Institute of Practical Geometry and Hydrology/Architecture between 1841 and 1848.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Joseph Petzval article was read about 4,700 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Joseph Petzval
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Joseph Petzval (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Adolf Dauthage, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
