This afternoon while eating lunch, I was reading through Exploring the History & Philosophy of Christian Education and enjoying a Reuben as Arby's. In a chapter on Christian Education in Colonial America a table lists a series of inventors and their inventions, some trivial and some of lasting importance. The first gentleman on the list grabbed my attention. Not because of who he was or what he invented, but with the British Prog-Rock band that named themselves after him. Jethro Tull invented the seed-planting drill in 1701. This Jethro Tull's invention improved agriculture by increasing the number of seeds that germinated when sown. The story of the band's name involves the suggestion of their agent, who was a history major. The band hit upon their first success under that name and thus stuck with it.
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