So, matter puts the aethons within it into a spin which determines how light will or will not

pass through it. It is the spin within that determines the angle of refraction. If that is so then next to be sought is an explanation of birefringence. Of course ! The spin within is going two ways possibly alternate atoms cause a sheet of resonant spin of aethons, thus allowing light to enter both directions. Also, there should be a relationship between the strength of the bonds in the solid and the refractive index. Diamond I think has the highest refractive index. Interestingly it also has very high thermal conductivity. matter All transparent matter It must be clear that Einsteins idea of light travelling across a rocket travelling at the speed of light, bouncing off a mirror on the other side of the rocket and so light would have to travel faster than light is nonsense, as we simply have no idea what might happen under those circumstances. IT may be that we would see nothing.