Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Baker Valve Gear (Baker-Pilliod): Supplement to the Science of Railways The bearings are all pins and bushings, the latter being ground inside and out to a standard gauge. The pins are case-hardened and ground to size on both the bearing and tapers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.