EXHIBIT 23

                CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS.

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statements on Form S-8 (No. 2-56437, pertaining to
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan; No. 2-91285, pertaining to the
1981 Stock Incentive Plan; Nos. 33-20932 and 33-30229, pertaining
to the Guaranteed Stock Plan; and the registration statements
filed on July 18, 1994, No. 33-91758 and May 16, 1997, No. 33-
27339, pertaining to the 1991 Barnes Group Stock Incentive Plan)
of Barnes Group Inc. of our report dated October 8, 1999, with
respect to the financial statements of Teledyne Fluid Systems'
Nitrogen Business Unit included in this Form 8-K/A for the year
ended December 31, 1998.
                                       Ernst & Young LLP

                                   /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
November 10, 1999