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A FEW remarks may clarify the relationship of the æther velocities in Bondi and Gold's theory and in mine. Where matter exists, both theories require it to have the æther velocity. Where there is no matter, Bondi and Gold interpret the æther velocity as the velocity of the matter which gets created by their process of continual creation. I interpret it as the velocity which a small electric charge would have if it were introduced. Now an electric charge cannot be introduced without violating the law of conservation of electricity, so one may wonder whether this velocity has any meaning.
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DIRAC, P. Is there an Æther?. Nature 169, 146 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169146b0
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