POWER OF ATTORNEY


   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS and each 
or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full 
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and 
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission any and all documents referred to below 
relating to the registration of $400,000,000 of Debt Securities of Dresser 
Industries, Inc., which may be offered or sold from time to time: a 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended, and any amendments thereto with all exhibits, and any and all 
documents required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, full power and 
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, or substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Director and/or officer of the Company 
has hereunto set his hand this 27th day of February, 1996.

                                               /s/ SAMUEL B. CASEY, JR.
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                                           Samuel B. Casey, Jr.
                                           Director




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS and each 
or either of them, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full 
power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and 
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission any and all documents referred to below 
relating to the registration of $400,000,000 of Debt Securities of Dresser 
Industries, Inc., which may be offered or sold from time to time: a 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended, and any amendments thereto with all exhibits, and any and all 
documents required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, full power and 
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, or substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Director and/or officer of the Company 
has hereunto set his hand this 12th day of March, 1996.

                                                /s/ RICHARD W. VIESER
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                                           Richard W. Vieser
                                           Director




                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

   KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS and each 
or either of them, her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full 
power of substitution and re-substitution, for her and in her name, place and 
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign, execute and file with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission any and all documents referred to below 
relating to the registration of $400,000,000 of Debt Securities of Dresser 
Industries, Inc., which may be offered or sold from time to time: a 
Registration Statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, as 
amended, and any amendments thereto with all exhibits, and any and all 
documents required to be filed with respect thereto, granting unto said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, full power and 
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and 
necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or 
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said 
attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each or either of them, or substitute or 
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Director and/or officer of the Company 
has hereunto set her hand this 21 day of March, 1996.

                                                /s/ SYLVIA A. EARLE
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                                           Sylvia A. Earle
                                           Director