Baker Locomotive Valve Gear for STEAM Engines and Locomotives - 1940 - reprint

Description

Baker Locomotive Valve Gear
, ICS # 5370, originally published International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1940. Reprinted by Nation Builder Books, Mebane, NC, 2015. 5½ x 8½ photocopied booklet, 60 pages.
Please note this is a new photoduplicated reproduction, not an original.
The accompanying pictures were scanned from a reprint, not the original.
As is usual with most correspondence course booklets by the International Correspondence Schools, this is richly illustrated with crisp line drawings. Contents include:
Elementary Valve Gear
Position of Valve With Respect to Piston
Gear Not Reversible
Effect of Lap and Lead on Arrangement
Arrangement for Obtaining Lap and Lead Displacement of Valve
Effect of Cranks on Movement of Valve
Equivalent Lap and Lead Crank
Comparison With Walschaert Valve
Roller Bearing
Gear Frame
Reverse Yoke
Radius Bars
Gear Connecting Rod
Bell-Crank
Eccentric Crank
Combination Lever
Proportioning Combination Lever
Changing the Lead
Movement of Parts at Reverse Yoke
Variation in Cut-Off
Principles of Reverse Arrangement
Gear Ratio
Direct and Indirect Gears
Gear Movement During One Turn of Driving Wheel
Admission at Back Port
Cut-Off at Back Port
Release at Back Port
Admission at Front Port
Cut-Off at Front Port
Release at Front Port
Effect of Angularity of Rods on Cut-Off
Compensating for Angularity of Eccentric Rod
Breakdowns
Broken Eccentric Crank, Eccentric Rod or Gear-Connecting Rod
Broken Vertical Arm of Bell-Crank or Valve Rod
Broken Combination Lever or Union Link
Broken Gear Reach Rod
Examination Questions