another similar "business model" for transportation also did not get invented till "late": a "packet ship" is a ship that sails between ports on a schedule, ind

another similar "business model" for transportation also did not get invented till "late": a "packet ship" is a ship that sails between ports on a schedule, independent of whether it's fully loaded. I don't know why it's a packet boat, not a big deal but I read a lot of seafaring books as a kid and it was always ship. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_boat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet_boat