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Packet Ship
Packet boats were medium-sized boats designed for domestic mail, passenger, and freight transportation in European countries and in North American rivers and canals, some of them steam driven. They were used extensively during the 18th and 19th centuries and featured regularly scheduled service. When such ships were put into use in the 18th century on the Atlantic Ocean between Great Britain and its colonies, the services were called the packet trade. Steam driven packets were used extensively in the United States in the 19th century on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers, supplying and bringing personnel to forts and trading posts. History Packet craft were used extensively in European coastal mail services since the 17th century, and gradually added cramped passenger accommodation. Passenger accommodations were minimal: transportation, "firing" (i.e. a place to cook), drinking water (often tasting of indigo or tobacco, which the water casks had previously held), and a place ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Packet Schooner
Packet may refer to: * A small container or pouch ** Packet (container), a small single use container ** Cigarette packet ** Sugar packet * Network packet, a formatted unit of data carried by a packet-mode computer network * Packet radio, a form of amateur radio data communications using the AX25 protocol * Packet trade, regularly scheduled cargo, passenger, and mail trade conducted by ship * Packet boat, type of boat used for scheduled mail or passenger service * C-82 Packet, a U.S. military transport aircraft * ''Packet Newspapers'', British newspaper group See also * * * Package (other) * Pack (other) * Kit (other) * MacGuffin - A plot device in the form of some goal, desired object, or another motivator popularized in the 1930s by Alfred Hitchcock: "Taken from a story about two men on a train. One man says, 'What's that package up there in the baggage rack?' And the other answers, 'Oh, that's a MacGuffin'. The first one asks, 'What's a MacGuffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
