SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                    Washington, D.C.   20549
     
                                                  
     
     
                            FORM 8-K
     
                                                  
     
                         CURRENT REPORT
                                
               Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of 
     
               The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
     
     
     
     Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)   April 18, 1996 
     
                                     
                          DANAHER CORPORATION                           
          (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
     
                 DELAWARE             1-8089         59-1995548    
     (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS  Employer
            of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)
     
     
       1250 24th Street, N.W.   Washington, D.C.    20037   
       (Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)
     
     
     Registrant's telephone number, including area code  202-828-0850 
     
     
                                                               
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)


Item 5.   Other Events
     
          Danaher Corporation made the following press release on
     April 18, 1996:
     
                WASHINGTON, DC.,  April 18, 1996 -- Danaher Corporation
     (NYSE:DHR) announced today that Acme-Cleveland Corporation
     (NYSE:AMT) has agreed to permit Danaher to participate in the
     Company's process for the exploration of strategic alternatives 
     to optimize shareholder value,  including a possible sale of the
     company, and that Acme-Cleveland will provide Danaher with
     substantially the same information it is providing to others. 
     Danaher also said that it signed a confidentiality agreement in
     which it agreed not to alter any of the material terms of its
     pending tender offer for Acme-Cleveland shares (other than to
     terminate or extend such offer) prior to June 30, 1996.
          Danaher also announced that it and Acme-Cleveland have
     agreed to seek to adjourn the pending injunction hearing regarding
     the Ohio Control Share Acquisition Law and to adjourn the Special
     Meeting of Acme-Cleveland shareholders scheduled for April 25,
     1996 under such law.
     
          Danaher Corporation is a leading manufacturer of Tools and
     Components, and  Process/Environmental Controls.
     
     
     
                           SIGNATURES
     
          Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
     Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
     this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
     thereunto duly  authorized.
     
                              DANAHER CORPORATION
     
     
     
                              By:  /s/ C. Scott Brannan    
                                   C. Scott Brannan
                                   Vice President and Controller