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A 5" pendulum set up made from plastic and metal.

Foucault's Pendulum 15"

$ 41.95
$ 41.95
Prolate ellipsoid made out of sold non-magnetic aluminum that, when one spins on its side, will flip upright and continue to spin. It sits upon a flat round mirror encased with a black rim.

Aluminum PhiTOP

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
A glass light bulb is standing upright illuminated with an LED coil.

Cordless Lightbulb

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
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A gif image of a solar-powered Swarovski crystal spinning at the bottom of a see-through colorful gear motor.

Solar Powered Rainbow Maker with Swarovski Crystal

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
This terrarium is shaped like a lab flask made from clear handblown glass. A hole in the front to add the plants or succulents inside with different layers of gravel, sand, charcoal, and coco peat.

Chemistry Terrarium Kit

$ 45.00
$ 45.00
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A silver hand-cranked music box plays a tune punched out of the sheet music strips.

Make Your Own Music Box

$ 26.95
$ 26.95
An extraordinarily detailed and precise Hurdy Gurdy complete with strings and cranking mechanism made entirely out of wood.

UGears Hurdy-Gurdy

$ 84.99
$ 84.99
A set of two red & gold earrings made of geometric circles and crescents.

Crimson Scarlet Earring

$ 40.00
$ 40.00
The tin for the candle is white with a silver label with white text that reads Tranquility warming amber, pumpkin, and grand clove; the white candle is lit.

Tranquility Soy Candle

$ 16.99
$ 16.99
A 16oz clear pint glass with science tools in silhouette in navy ink.

Science Tools Pint Glass

$ 12.00
$ 12.00
A 16oz pint glass with scissors, snippers, pincushion, knitting needles, crochet hook, thread spool, and cone are screen printed all around in a turquoise silhouette.

Crafty Tools Pint Glass

$ 12.00
$ 12.00
A glass hourglass with a magnetic wood base; as the magnetic black sand moves through the hourglass, it creates little porcupine-like spikes as it becomes magnetized.

Magnetic Sand Timer

$ 23.00
$ 23.00
A gif image scrolling through the different colors available in the Speks Luxe edition.

Speks Luxe Edition

$ 35.99
$ 35.99
Set of two pins. Rosie the riveter pin and a blue word bubble with "We can do it" in white letters.

Rosie the Riveter and We Can Do It Enameled Pin Set

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
Set of two enamel pins. Ruth Bader Ginsberg's face with white collar. Silver rectangular pin with the words "I dissent" in black.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg & I Dissent Enameled Pin Set

$ 16.00
$ 16.00
This 18oz drinking glass stands 6" tall, featuring a gray periodic table design wrapping around its surface.

Periodic Table Drinking Glass

$ 20.00
$ 20.00
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Cream colored canvas pouch with images of various wildflower specimens printed on the front. A brown cord pull is attached to the dark grey metal zipper.

Vintage Wildflowers Pouch

$ 15.00
$ 15.00