Show THEY WERE FIRST tire first dictionary was made by chinese scholars B C 1109 THE first pair of spectacles was made by spina an italian 1299 tuu tui first silver coin was made by peidon king of argos B C tim THE london museum contains the first envelope ever made it was used in may 1090 THE first steamer to carry petroleum to calcutta was recently chartered to carry cases of oil at nineteen cents a case there have been large exports of this oil from this country to india but heretofore the business has been done with sailing vessels |