On Nov 30, 12:02 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Again, it goes back much further than that. Hisso had a lot of success with
their geared version of the 8VA back in '17...

Bertie

Seems to me the Wright Brothers had chain drives on the 1903
Flyer, too. Can't get too much further back than that, unless we
consider some steam-powered attempts in the late 1800s.

Dan