Exhibit 23(i)
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                 Independent Auditors' Consent
                               
                               
                               
                               
                               
The Board of Directors
Westinghouse Electric Corporation:

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
registration statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 33-60249, 333-34029,
333-37019 and 333-38367) of Ingersoll-Rand Company of our
report dated January 29, 1997, with respect to the combined
balance sheets of Thermo King (a unit of Westinghouse Electric
Corporation) as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and the related
combined statements of income and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended December 31, 1996, which
report appears in the Form 8-K of Ingersoll-Rand Company dated
November 3, 1997.


Minneapolis, Minnesota
October 31, 1997                   /S/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP