THE ETHER OF SPACE
To prove this let us attend to what is happening
at the target. The first shot is supposed to be
entering at A, and if the target is stationary will
leave it at Y. A marker looking along Y A will
see the position whence the shot was fired. This
may be likened to a stationary observer looking
atamoving star. He sees it where and asit was
when the light started on its long journey. He
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Fic. 1.—Shots or Disturbances with Momentum
from a Moving Gun.
does not see its present position, but there is no
reason why he should. He does not see its
physical state or anything asitisnow. He sees
it as it was when it sent the information which
he has just received. There is no aberration
caused by motion of source.
But now let the receiver be moving at same
pace as the gun, as when two grappled ships are
firing into each other. The motion of the target
carries the point Y forward, and the shot A
leaves it at Z, because Z is carried to where Y
was. So in that case the marker looking along
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