FMC CORPORATION                                                       EXHIBIT 24

Executive Offices
200 East Randolph Drive
Chicago Illinois 60601
312 861 6000
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

          WHEREAS, FMC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter referred
to as the "Company"), is a corporation with securities registered pursuant to
Section 12(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as Amended, (the
"Act"), and is subject to the reporting requirements of the Act including the
obligation to file an annual report on Form 10-K; and

          WHEREAS, the undersigned holds and may hereafter from time to time
hold one or more positions in the Corporation whether as an Officer, a Director,
or both, such that the undersigned may be required or permitted in such capacity
or capacities, or on behalf of the Corporation, to sign such document;

          NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints M.J.
Callahan, R.D. Mambu, or R.L. Day, or any of them, his attorney for him and in
his name, place and stead, and in his office and capacity in the Company, to
sign and file the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 1995, including all schedules, exhibits and amendments thereto,
hereby giving and granting to said attorneys full power and authority to do and
perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite and necessary to be
done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might
or could do if personally present at the doing thereof, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 9th
day of February, 1996.


 
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