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Overdue book returned to Massachusetts library after nearly 120 years
By Associated Press
Jul 08, 2023 6:30 pm

BOSTON, Massachusetts: 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 that library.

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