EXHIBIT 24

                               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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                    /s/ John J. Murphy
                                    -------------------
                                    John J. Murphy, Chairman of the
                                    Board and 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                    /s/ B. D. St. John
                                    ------------------
                                    B. D. St. John
                                    Vice Chairman and 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 she
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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                    /s/ William E. Bradford
                                    -----------------------
                                    W. E. Bradford
                                    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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/Samuel B. Casey, Jr.
                                 -----------------------
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ Rawles Fulgham
                                 ------------------
                                 Rawles Fulgham
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ John A. Gavin
                                 -----------------
                                 John A. Gavin
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ Ray L. Hunt
                                 ---------------
                                 Ray L. Hunt
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ W. George Nancarrow
                                 -----------------------
                                 W. George Nancarrow
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ Lionel H. Olmer
                                 -------------------
                                 Lionel H. Olmer
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ A. Kenneth Pye
                                 ------------------
                                 A. Kenneth Pye
                                 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 MORRIS and STANLEY E. MCGLOTHLIN 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 Dresser Industries, Inc.'s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1993, and any and all
amendments thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, 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 20th day of January, 1994.



                                 /s/ Richard W. Vieser
                                 ---------------------
                                 Richard W. Vieser
                                 Director