An overdue library book makes a return trip to the shelves — 119 years later
There are overdue library books. Then there's An Elementary Treatise on Electricity, which was last checked out in Massachusetts in 1904. It finally made it back after being spotted in West Virginia.
by The Associated Press
Jul 08, 2023
2 minutes
BOSTON — On Feb. 14, 1904, someone curious about the emerging possibilities of a key force of nature checked out James Clerk Maxwell's "An Elementary Treatise on Electricity" from the New Bedford Free Public Library.
It would take 119 years and the sharp eyes of a librarian in
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