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William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, an Uncommon card
William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong was an English engineer and industrialist who founded the Armstrong Whitworth manufacturing concern on Tyneside.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 72
- Power
- 143
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 73,000
Power 143 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was also an eminent scientist, inventor and philanthropist.
- In collaboration with the architect Richard Norman Shaw, he built Cragside in Northumberland, the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity.
- He is regarded as the inventor of modern artillery.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong article was read about 73,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 72: each hit it takes is cut by 29 %.
How to get William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Lock & Whitfield, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
