Extremely overdue book returned to library 119 years later

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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 books at West Virginia University Libraries, was sorting through a recent donation of books.

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That is a pretty historically important book as well.

patrickbuick
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They should track down the descendants and put them all in prison

aryandefenseleague
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Why even turn it in? What's the point and I would've checked value

donaldyoung
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So do Mass republicans ban it when it came back?

hbgriss
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Don’t tell me that they still have the records of the one, that check out the book how !!!, 🤫let’s see in order to believe you must have present de book where this man sign out, but since you don’t have the book !!!!how are you proving That it happened!!!🔴🫢🤫

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