Pondering Social Contagions in the 19th Century

If only they knew about social contagions...

The winner of Answers magazine's big Question Competition of 1888 was Mr. E Bond of Bloomsbury, who submitted this entry: pic.twitter.com/0kU0Mwxlqj

— Dr Bob Nicholson (@DigiVictorian) December 28, 2018

And here is the beginning of the thread.

In 1888, Answers magazine ran a prize competition in which readers were challenged to send in 'The Most Interesting Question On Any Subject.' Reading through the results is like looking at Victorian Britain's Google search history...

Thread 👇👇👇: pic.twitter.com/Z4aQDTtM3E

— Dr Bob Nicholson (@DigiVictorian) December 28, 2018