POWER OF ATTORNEY
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               KNOW  ALL  MEN  BY  THESE  PRESENTS  that  the  undersigned,
          INGERSOLL-RAND   COMPANY,   a   New   Jersey   corporation   (the
          "Corporation"),   and  each  of  the  undersigned  directors  and
          officers  of the Corporation, hereby constitute and appoint James
          E. Perrella,  Thomas F. McBride and Patricia  Nachtigal, and each
          of them  severally, each  of the  undersigned's  true and  lawful
          attorneys  and agents,  with power  to  act with  or without  the
          others and with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to
          do  any and  all  acts and  things  and to  execute  any and  all
          instruments which said attorneys and  agents and each of them may
          deem  necessary or desirable to  enable the Corporation to comply
          with  the Securities  Act of  1933,  as amended,  and any  rules,
          regulations  and  requirements  of  the  Securities and  Exchange
          Commission thereunder, in connection  with the registration under
          such Act of  debt securities in an aggregate  principal amount of
          up to $200,000,000 (or the equivalent thereof in foreign currency
          or units of  two or more  currencies) of  the Corporation.   Such
          debt securities,  together with $100,000,000  aggregate principal
          amount  of debt  securities that  remain  available for  issuance
          under the Company's previously filed registration  statement (No.
          33-53696), may be offered from time to time in one or more series
          on terms to be determined at the time such securities are offered
          for  sale,  including  specifically,  but  without  limiting  the
          generality of the foregoing, power and authority to sign the name
          of  the Corporation  and the  name  of each  of the  undersigned,
          individually and in  his capacity as a director or officer of the
          Corporation, to a Registration Statement  on Form S-3 to be filed
          with  the Securities and Exchange Commission with respect to said
          securities, to  any and all  amendments, including post-effective
          amendments, to  such Registration Statement,  and to any  and all
          instruments or documents filed as a part of or in connection with
          such  Registration  Statement  and amendments;  and  each  of the
          undersigned  hereby ratifies and confirms all that said attorneys
          and  agents and  each of  them shall  do or cause  to be  done by
          virtue hereof.

               IN  WITNESS WHEREOF each  of the undersigned  has subscribed
          these presents this 4th day of May, 1994.


               INGERSOLL-RAND COMPANY


               By: /s/ James E. Perrella          /s/ Alexander H. Massad
                  ----------------------          -----------------------
                  James E. Perrella               Alexander H. Massad
                  Chairman of the Board,          Director
                  President and Chief
                  Executive Officer






               /s/ Donald J. Bainton         /s/ James E. Perrella 
               ----------------------        ----------------------
               Donald J. Bainton             James E. Perrella
               Director                      Chairman of the Board,
                                             President and Chief
                                             Executive Officer



               /s/ Theodore H. Black         /s/ John E. Phipps    
               ----------------------        ----------------------
               Theodore H. Black             John E. Phipps
               Director                      Director



               /s/ Brendan T. Byrne          /s/ Donald E. Procknow
               ----------------------        ----------------------
               Brendan T. Byrne              Donald E. Procknow
               Director                      Director



               /s/ Joseph P. Flannery        /s/ Cedric E. Ritchie 
               ----------------------        ----------------------
               Joseph P. Flannery            Cedric E. Ritchie
               Director                      Director



               /s/  Thomas F. McBride        /s/ Richard A. Spohn  
               ----------------------        ----------------------
               Thomas F. McBride             Richard A. Spohn
               Senior Vice President         Controller - Accounting
               and Chief Financial           and Reporting 
               Officer (Principal            (Principal Accounting
               Financial Officer)            Officer)


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