In this lecture, Sir George Biddell Airy discusses a series of experiments he conducted on the behavior of pendulums in the Harton coal mine. He presents the results of the experiments and reflects on their implications for the study of physics. This book provides a fascinating glimpse into early 19th-century scientific inquiry. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.