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From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Wear measurements for a Wraith Bakelite oil pump's driving and driven gears during endurance tests.

Identifier  ExFiles\Box 149\2\  scan0205
Date  12th April 1939 guessed
  
WRAITH BAKELITE OIL PUMP
WEAR MEASURED DURING ENDURANCE TESTS.

DRIVING GEAR
DRIVEN GEAR

FIG III B.

DRIVING GEAR
TOTAL TIME RUN - HOURS | UU | VV | WW | XX | YY | ZZ
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | -.0002 | -.0002 | -.0003 | -.0002 | -.0003 | -.0002
52 | -.0003 | -.0002 | 0 | -.0002 | -.0004 | +.0002
152 | -.0004 | -.0003 | 0 | -.0002 | -.0005 | +.0002
652 | -.0006 | -.0006 | 0 | -.0004 | -.0005 | 0

DRIVEN GEAR
TOTAL TIME RUN - HOURS | JJ | KK | LL | MM | NN
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
2 | -.0003 | -.0003 | 0 | 0 | +.0003
52 | 0 | 0 | +.0003 | +.0003 | +.0001
152 | -.0001 | 0 | +.0004 | +.0003 | -.0001
652 | -.0003 | 0 | +.0007 | +.0006 | -.0006

Diagram Labels:
Driving Gear: U, V, W, X, Y, Z
Driven Gear: J, K, L, M, N
  
  


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