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EXHIBIT 24
P O W E R O F A T T O R N E Y
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that , a director of Dover Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and appoints Thomas L.
Reece, John F. McNiff and Robert G. Kuhbach, and each of them (with full power
to each of them to act alone), his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent,
for him/her on his/her behalf and in his/her name, place and stead, to sign,
execute and affix his/her name thereto and file the Corporation's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and any other appropriate authority, granting unto said
attorneys and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing required and necessary to be done in and about the premises
in order to effectuate the same as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she
himself might or could do if personally present, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, of any of them may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his/her hand this
31st day of January, 1997.
/s/David H. Benson
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David H. Benson
/s/Magalen O. Bryant
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Magalen O. Bryant
/s/ John-Pierre Ergas
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John-Pierre Ergas
/s/ Roderick J. Fleming
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John-Pierre Ergas
/s/John F. Fort
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John F. Fort
/s/James L. Koley
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James L. Koley
/s/Anthony J. Ormsby
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Anthony J. Ormsby
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/s/Thomas L. Reece
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Thomas L. Reece
/s/Gary L. Roubos
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Gary L. Roubos
/s/John F. McNiff
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John F. McNiff