CONTENTS

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Introduction. General and Historical[xi]
I.The Luminiferous Ether and the Modern Theory of Light[1]
II.The Interstellar Ether as a Connecting Medium[13]
III.Influence of Motion on Various Phenomena[29]
IV.Experiments on the Ether[44]
V.Special Experiment on Etherial Viscosity[67]
VI.Etherial Density[80]
VII.Further Explanations Concerning the Density and Energy of the Ether[87]
VIII.Ether and Matter[98]
IX.Strength of the Ether[115]
X.General Theory of Aberration[127]
Appendix 1. On Gravity and Etherial Tension[143]
Appendix 2. Calculations in Connexion with Ether Density[146]
Appendix 3. Fresnel's Law a Special Case of a Universal Potential Function[152]