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Extremely overdue book returned to New Bedford library 119 years later

Por: The Boston Globe Life July 08, 2023

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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 West Virginia before the scientific text finally found its way back to the Massachusetts library.The discovery occurred when Stewart Plein, the curator of rare... + full article



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