A First Calculation of Density of the Ether Based on the Variation of the Mass of Microparticles with the Magnitude of Their Velocity V in the Ether

We build on our previous results starting with the discovery of Errors 1 and 2 in Michelson's analysis of his 1881/87 interferometer experiments. By correcting these errors, it was possible to reintroduce the ether into physics by our model HM16, with a number of important consequences, including establishing the origin of the interaction between the submicroparticles (SMPs) as percussion forces created by the vibrations of the SMP transmitted through the fundamental vibrations of the ether. Therefore, the increase in the mass of the SMP by ms due to its speed v is physically constituted by the energy Es accumulated in the surrounding Ether driven by the displacement of the SMP. Here, we calculate the value of the density ρE of the ether surrounding the SMP on the basis of the equivalence between the additional mass ms created by the movement of the surrounding ET and the analogous increase by msL of the mass of the SMP on the basis of a Lorentz-type formula. The density ρE of the ether, resulting for the barium atom at v = 0.3c, yields a credible value of 1.748×10‒4 kg/m3. Previously, in none of the numerous models or theories about the Ether was the problem of Ether’s density resolved.