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Wilson Bentley, an Uncommon card
Wilson Alwyn Bentley, also known as Snowflake Bentley, was an American meteorologist and photographer, who was the first known person to take detailed photographs of snowflakes and record their features.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Society
- ATK
- 57
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 30,000
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Wilson Bentley quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Wilson Bentley card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ collection of Bentley's photographs is held by the Jericho Historical Society in his home town, Jericho, Vermont.
Answer
broadest. The broadest collection of Bentley's photographs is held by the Jericho Historical Society in his home town, Jericho, Vermont. From the Wilson Bentley article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Midewiwin. Midewiwin 65 · Nils van der Poel 61 · Wilson Bentley 57 · Skewer 53 ATK in WikiCards.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He perfected a process of catching flakes on black velvet such that their images could be captured before they either melted or sublimated, and elaborated the theory that no two snowflakes are identical.
- Kenneth G. Libbrecht notes that the techniques used by Bentley to photograph snowflakes are essentially the same as those used today, and that while the quality of his photographs reflects the technical limitations of the equipment of the era, "he did it so well that hardly anybody bothered to photograph snowflakes for almost 100 years".
- The broadest collection of Bentley's photographs is held by the Jericho Historical Society in his home town, Jericho, Vermont.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Wilson Bentley article was read about 30,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 57 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Wilson Bentley
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Wilson Bentley (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
