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                                                                      Exhibit 23


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
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                 We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual
Report (Form 10-K) of Nordson Corporation of our report dated December 6, 1994
included in the Annual Report to Shareholders of Nordson Corporation for the
year ended October 30, 1994.

                 We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statements (Forms S-8) listed below and the related prospectuses
of Nordson Corporation of our report dated December 6, 1994, with respect to
the consolidated financial statements of Nordson Corporation incorporated by
reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended October 30,
1994:

         - Nordson Corporation 1982 Amended and Restated Stock Appreciation
           Rights Plan (No. 2-66776)
         - Nordson Corporation 1979 Employees Stock Option Plan (No. 2-66776)
         - Nordson Corporation 1982 Incentive Stock Option Plan (Nos. 2-82915
           and 33-18279)
         - Nordson Employees' Savings Trust Plan (No. 33-18309)
         - Nordson Corporation 1989 Stock Option Plan (No. 33-32201)
         - Nordson Hourly-Rated Employees' Savings Trust Plan (No. 33-33481)
         - Nordson Corporation 1993 Long-Term Performance Plan (No. 33-67780)
         - Nordson Corporation - Slautterback Corporation 401(k) Profit
           Sharing Plan (No. 33-73522)




                                        /s/ Ernst & Young LLP 
                                        Ernst & Young LLP


Cleveland, Ohio
January 26, 1995