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Most adventures will require some sort of equipment for their successful completion.  This chapter provides an extensive listing of various items of equipment the characters may want to acquire, ranging from simple knives to large aerial flyers.  The listed purchase price is based on the item's market value at its point of manufacture or most likely sale point.  A revolver, for example, costs the indicated amount on Earth, or in an established human enclave.  Revolvers are not generally for sale in remote nomadic villages, and if they would have one, the price might be considerably higher.

In many cases equipment will be obtained by barter rather than purchase, and in this case the prices should guide the referee in determining relative equivalent values.

A Note on British Money:  For those unfamiliar with the British system of currency in use in 1889, here is a short discussion.

The basic units are the pound, the shilling and the penny.  Twelve pennies make a shilling, 20 shillings (or 240 pennies) make a pound.  Pennies are sometimes divided into ha'pennies (half pennies) and farthings (quarter pennies).  Prices are written as "pounds shillings/pennies."  For example, three pounds, two shillings and six pennies would be written as £3 2/6, read as "three pounds, two-and-six."  Shillings alone are written without the £ sign; for example, three shillings is written 3/-.  Pennies alone are identified by the abbreviation "d" following the number; for example, sixpence would be written as 6d.

Currency Conversions:  In 1889, a pound sterling was worth $5 in American currency.  A shilling was worth $.25 and a penny, just over $0.02.  When rating new equipment, one dollar equals §15, and £1 equals §75.

Aerial Vessels	Flight (Inventions)	The Ether (Inventions)
Armor	Fuel	Tools
Biochemistry (Inventions)	Geology and Metallurgy (Inventions)	Transportation (Inventions)
Combination Devices (Inventions)	Optics (Inventions)	Transportation, Land
Combustion (Inventions)	Power Production (Inventions)	Transportation, Water
Electricity (Inventions)	Precision Machinery (Inventions)	Travelling Gear
Explosives	Scientific Equipment and Reference Materials	Weapons

Scientific Equipment and Reference Materials

Binoculars (Field Glasses)	£4	(V/V)
Conklin's Atlas of the Worlds and Handy Manual of Useful Information
Dissecting Kit
Doctor's Bag and Supplies
Edison's Encyclopedia of General Information
Laboratory Apparatus, Chemical
Laboratory Apparatus, Electrical
Magnifying Glass
Microscope
Navigation Instruments
Robb's Medical Companion and Household Physician
Surveying Instruments
Telegraphic Instruments
Telephonic Instruments
Telescope
The Millwright's Companion and Handy-Book
Wire (Insulated)/kilometer	12/6	(S/C)

Tools

Axe	2/—	(V/V)
Barbed Wire (1×2×50m or 150m single strand)	12/—	(S/C)
Forge, Portable
Hatchet	6d	(V/V)
Knife, Two-Bladed Jack
Lockpicks, Set	18/—	(S/C)
Machete	8d	(C/V)
Photographic Lab, Portable
Pick, Mattock, Shovel, etc.
Tools, Carpenter
Tools, Instrument-Maker
Tools, Metalworker
Trap, Bear
Trap, Small Animal
Wire Cutters	10/— ($2.50)	(S/C)

Travelling Gear

Backpack, Canvas	9/— ($2.25)	(V/V)
Backpack, Leather	2/— ($0.50)	(V/V)
Blanket	8d	(V/V)
Camera, Portable	£4
Camp Stove, Portable, Coal Oil	10/—
Camping Outfit	£2
Carpet Bag	2/—	(V/V)
Clothing, Cold-Weather	£2	(V/V)
Clothing, Desert	£1 7/—	(V/V)
Clothing, Foul-Weather	8/— to 12/—	(V/V)
Clothing, Rough-Living	£1	(V/V)
Cot, Folding	15/—	(V/V)
Fishing Tackle	12/—
Food, Canned, One-Day	8d
Food, One-Day	6d to £1
Gramophone or Similar Talking Machine	£1
Hammock	4/—
Lamp, Miner's Safety	8d
Lantern, Carbide	1/—
Lantern, Kerosene or Gasoline	5/—	(V/V)
Rope (30m)	2/—	(V/V)
Tarp	10d
Tent, 10-Man	£6
Tent, Two-Man	£3
Trunk, Steamer	8/—
Watch	5/— to £2+
Watch, Stop	£3

Fuel

Explosives

Armor

Doublet	1/—	(R/S)
Shoulder Scales	2/6	(R/S)
Mail
Breast Plate	£1	(R/S)
Helmet
Shield	12/—	(S/C)

The Ether (Inventions)

Ether Propeller
Ether Sail
Etherometer
Hertzian Wave Communicator
Lightning Cannon
Freeze Ray
Weather-Control Ray
Mind-Control Ray
Gravity-Focus Ray
Gravity Control