This Weeks Engineering Trivia Quiz

1. What is the chemical which is a white crystalline solid at room temperature, is commonly used in agriculture as a fertilizer and has the symbol NH4NO3
2. What name is given to a device consisting of two different conductors that produce a voltage  proportional to a temperature difference between either end of the pair of conductors. They are a widely used type of temperature sensor for measurement and control
3. 1/16" (one sixteenth of an inch)  = how many mm
4. Often used in a legal context, what does the Latin word Verbatim actually mean
   a) the opposite of   b) in the words of   c) words similar to   d) word by word, exactly
5. Sharing its name with a slender, sharply pointed sword , typically used for thrusting attacks, what is the name of the British surface-to-air missile  which entered service in 1971 and remains a primary air-defence weapon after almost 35 years of service
6. What name beginning with the letter "C" is given to a tool which measures opposite sides of an object, variants of this tool can measure"inside" or "outside"
7.  Beginning with the letter "S", what is the generic name for a hand held metal rod with a sharp pointed end which is typically used on a workpiece to mark lines or similar
8. Logarithms where first introduced in the 17th century by who  a) Isaac Newton  b) John Napier  c) Robert Boyle  d) Roger Cotes
9. What two word name is given to a device fitted internally in pipes which uses Bernoulli's principle for measuring volumetric flow rate using the same principle as a Venturi Nozzle
10. What name is given to a method of separating  mixtures  based on differences in volatilities  of components in a boiling liquid mixture