THE ETHER OF SPACE A stationary target will be penetrated in the direction A Y, and this line will point out the correct position of the source when the received disturbance started. If the target moves, a dis- turbance entering at A may leave it at Z, or at any other point according to its rate of motion; the line Z A does not point to the original position of the source, and so there will be aberration when the target moves. Other- wise there would be none. Now, Fig. 2 also represents a parallel beam of light travelling from a moving source, and entering a telescope or the eye of an observer. Fic. 3.—Beam from a Revolving Lighthouse. The beam lies along A BC D, but thia is not the direction of vision. The direction of vision, to a stationary observer, is determined not by the locus of successive waves, but by the path of each wave. A ray may be defined as the path ot a labelled disturbance. The line of vision is Y Al, and coincides with the line of aim; 38