Exhibit 24

FMC Corporation

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"), proposes to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission 
an Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 under the 
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; 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 one or more of such
documents;

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints M.J.
Callahan, J.P. McGrath, R.L. Day and C.M. Smith or any of them, his attorney for
him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in each of his or her
offices and capacities in the Company as may now or hereafter exist, to sign and
file said Form 10-K and any and all amendments, schedules and exhibits 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 or
she 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 or her hand as of
the 14th day of February, 1997.


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