Here are links to Aspden's set of tutorials for studying the science of aether theory.
First semester:
Tutorial 1 - First principles
Tutorial 2 - Collisions
Tutorial 3 - Electrodynamic force formula
Tutorial 4 - Neumann potential
Tutorial 5 - Light and the aether
Tutorial 6 - The task ahead
Tutorial 7 - Aether dynamics
Tutorial 8 - The nature of the photon
Tutorial 9 - Proton creation
Tutorial 10 - Tifft's discovery
Second semester:
Tutorial 11 - A mystery of particle physics?
Tutorial 12 - Inertia and its implications
Tutorial 13 - Action and reaction: do they balance?
Tutorial 14 - About time: my challenge of Einstein's theory
Tutorial 15 - About time: how long is a lifetime?
Tutorial 16 - Physics and the charming gypsy
Tutorial 17 - Particles galore: how they are created
Tutorial 18 - Michelson-Morley revisited
Tutorial 19 - The fourth dimension
Tutorial 20 - Taking stock: a concluding discussion
