EXHIBIT 24

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:          9/2/03                           /s/  William G. Bares
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             9/8/03                        /s/ Roger D. Blackwell
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/29/03                       /s/  William E. Butler
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/28/03                       /s/ Thomas A. Commes
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/28/03                       /s/ Peter Dorsman
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:    August 28, 2003                        /s/ R. R. Gifford
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/28/03                       /s/ L. Thomas Hiltz
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:    September 3, 2003                      /s/ Edith Kelly-Green
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:    August 28, 2003                        /s/ J. Michael Moore
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/28/03                       /s/ Jerry Sue Thornton
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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

            KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned director and/or
officer of Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc., an Ohio corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints Fred D. Bauer and John R. Whitten, and each of them,
the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full
power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in either or
both of them, to sign for the undersigned and in his or her respective name as
director and/or officer of the Corporation, the Corporation's Annual Report for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 on Form 10-K to be filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and the rules
and regulations issued thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all acts
taken by such agents and attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, as herein
authorized.

Date:             8/28/03                       /s/ Stephen E. Yates
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