Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/363 - At the Mountain Top

Puzzles and Curious Problems by Henry Ernest Dudeney: $363$

At the Mountain Top

"When I was in Italy I was taken to the top of a mountain

and shown that a mug would hold less liquor at the top of the mountain than in the valley beneath.

Can you tell me," asked Professor Rackbrane, "what mountain this might be that has so strange a property?"

Sources

• 1932: Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Problems: $363$. -- At the Mountain Top
• 1968: Henry Ernest Dudeney: 536 Puzzles & Curious Problems ... (previous) ... (next): Unclassified Puzzles: $534$. At the Mountain Top