Ulysses
niferous diathermanous ether. Heat (convected), a mode of
motion developed by such combustion, was constantly and
increasingly conveyed from the source of calorification to
the liquid contained in the vessel, being radiated through
the uneven unpolished dark surface of the metal iron, in
part reflected, in part absorbed, in part transmitted, gradu-
ally raising the temperature of the water from normal to
boiling point, a rise in temperature expressible as the re-
sult of an expenditure of 72 thermal units needed to raise 1
pound of water from 50 degrees to 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
What announced the accomplishment of this rise in
temperature?
A double falciform ejection of water vapour from under
the kettlelid at both sides simultaneously.
For what personal purpose could Bloom have applied the
water so boiled?
To shave himself.
What advantages attended shaving by night?
A softer beard: a softer brush if intentionally allowed to
remain from shave to shave in its agglutinated lather: a soft-
er skin if unexpectedly encountering female acquaintances
in remote places at incustomary hours: quiet reflections
upon the course of the day: a cleaner sensation when
awaking after a fresher sleep since matutinal noises, premo-
nitions and perturbations, a clattered milkcan, a postman’s
double knock, a paper read, reread while lathering, relath-
ering the same spot, a shock, a shoot, with thought of aught
he sought though fraught with nought might cause a faster
rate of shaving and a nick on which incision plaster with