The New Bedford Free Public Library shared the photographs of the returned e book on their Fb web page
A e book on the event of electrical energy has lastly been returned. James Clerk Maxwell’s “An Elementary Treatise on Electrical energy” was checked out in 1904 from the New Bedford Free Public Library in Massachusetts. The e book was printed in 1882.
The e book made its option to a donation pile in West Virginia, almost 900 miles from its house. In line with New York Submit, the curator of uncommon books at West Virginia College Libraries, Steward Plein, plucked the centuries-old science e book from the charity bin and seen that it nonetheless had its “withdrawn” sticker intact which meant it was nonetheless the library’s property.
Mr Plein reached out to the New Bedford Free Public Library and mailed their e book to them.
The New Bedford Free Public Library shared the photographs of the returned e book on their Fb web page and wrote, “It is by no means too late to return an overdue library e book! Right this moment, West Virginia College’s Uncommon Books Curator discovered of their donations one among our Particular Assortment’s materials- a e book that was checked out almost 120 years in the past!”
“The e book is titled “An Elementary Treatise on Electrical energy” by James Clerk Maxwell and has made the journey again house to #NewBedford,” the caption learn.
The New Bedford library has a 5-cent-per-day late price, which means the 119 years of overdue charges would quantity to greater than $2,100 if the late price did not max out at $2, reported New York Submit.
