Exhibit 23.1
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                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
   
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(Form S-8) pertaining to the 1991 Barnes Group Stock Incentive Plan, as
amended July 16, 1993, of our report dated January 28, 1994, with respect 
to the consolidated financial statements and schedules of Barnes Group Inc.
including and/or incorporated by reference in its Annual Report (Form 10-K)
for the year ended December 31, 1993, filed with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.


                                      ERNST & YOUNG
                                      ERNST & YOUNG

Hartford, Connecticut 
July 15, 1994

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