Extremely overdue book returned to Massachusetts library 119 years later sent-trib.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sent-trib.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
BOSTON (AP) — 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
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The library said it's common to get overdue books back 10 or 15 years later - but never 119. The topic of this book was still pretty up and coming for 1904.
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.