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Nicolas Fatio de Duillier, an Uncommon card
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a Genevan mathematician, natural philosopher, astronomer, inventor, and religious campaigner.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 17,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Nicolas Fatio de Duillier quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nicolas Fatio de Duillier card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He also invented and developed the first method for ______ jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks.
Answer
fabricating. He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks. From the Nicolas Fatio de Duillier article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Water. Water 93 · Normal distribution 90 · Nicolas Fatio de Duillier 79 · Eugene Parker 76 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Eugene Parker. Eugene Parker 32,000 · Atmosphere of Pluto 22,000 · Nicolas Fatio de Duillier 17,000 · African traditional medicine 13,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Born in Basel, Switzerland, Fatio mostly grew up in the then-independent Republic of Geneva, of which he was a citizen, before spending much of his adult life in England and Holland.
- Fatio is known for his collaboration with Giovanni Domenico Cassini on the correct explanation of the astronomical phenomenon of zodiacal light, for his "push" or "shadow" theory of gravitation, for inventing the integrating factor as a method for solving ordinary differential equations, for his close association with both Christiaan Huygens and Isaac Newton, and for his role in the…
- He also invented and developed the first method for fabricating jewel bearings for mechanical watches and clocks.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nicolas Fatio de Duillier article was read about 17,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Created around 1700, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
