Exhibit 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


     Each person whose signature appears below authorizes James E. Perrella,
J. Frank Travis and Patricia Nachtigal, or any of them, to execute in the
name of each such person who is then an officer or director of Ingersoll-Rand
Company (the "Company") and to file a Registration Statement on Form S-3
relating to (i) common stock, preference stock, stock purchase contracts,
stock purchase units, guarantees of trust preferred securities and debt
securities of the Company, (ii) trust preferred securities of Ingersoll-Rand
Financing I and (iii) trust preferred securities of Ingersoll-Rand Financing
II, and any amendments thereto (and any additional Registration Statement
related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933 (and all further amendments including post-effective amendments
thereto)) in each case necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply
with the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any rules, regulations and
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in respect thereof,
in connection with the registration of the securities which are the subject
of such Registration Statements, which amendments may make such changes in
such Registration Statements as such attorney may deem appropriate.

                                  SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this Power of Attorney has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on October 2, 1997.


            Signature                              Title
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/s/ JAMES E. PERRELLA                   Chairman of the Board,
- --------------------------              President, Chief Executive
   (James E. Perrella)                  Officer and Director
                                        (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ GERARD V. GERAGHTY                  Vice President and Comptroller
- --------------------------              (Principal Financial and
   (Gerard V. Geraghty)                 Accounting Officer)


/s/ JOSEPH P. FLANNERY                  Director
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   (Joseph P. Flannery)


/s/ CONSTANCE J. HORNER                 Director
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   (Constance J. Horner)


/s/ H. WILLIAM LICHTENBERGER            Director
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   (H. William Lichtenberger)

/s/ THEODORE E. MARTIN                  Director
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   (Theodore E. Martin)


/s/ ORIN R. SMITH                       Director
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   (Orin R. Smith)


/s/ RICHARD J. SWIFT                    Director
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   (Richard J. Swift)


/s/ J. FRANK TRAVIS                     Director
- --------------------------
   (J. Frank Travis)


/s/ TONY L. WHITE                       Director
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   (Tony L. White)