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From: cdl@mplvax.UUCP (Carl Lowenstein)
Newsgroups: net.music,net.wanted
Subject: Re: JT?
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Date: Thu, 25-Apr-85 09:01:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 25 09:01:32 1985
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Summary: 

In article <803@sdcsvax.UUCP> darrell@sdcsvax.UUCP (Darrell Long) writes:
>Does  anyone know the origin of the name "Jethro Tull"?   I'm told by a
>friend that it comes from literature
>Darrell Long
>Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
>University of California, San Diego
>
"Jethro Tull (1674-1741) invented the seed-drill, pulverized the soil to
cultivate without manure, and introduced the horse-hoe from Languedoc."
A History of Technology, Singer et al. , Vol. III, Oxford U. Press 1957


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	carl lowenstein		marine physical lab	u.c. san diego
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