<PAGE>

                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


                                       /s/  Samuel B. Casey, Jr.
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Samuel B. Casey, Jr.
                                       Director

<PAGE>

                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/  Lawrence S. Eagleburger
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Lawrence S. Eagleburger
                                       Director

<PAGE>

                            POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 her hand this 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/  Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D.
                                       ------------------------------------
                                       Sylvia A. Earle, Ph.D.
                                       Director


<PAGE>
                                       
                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/ RAWLES FULGHAM
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Rawles Fulgham
                                       Director
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/ JOHN A. GAVIN
                                       ------------------------------
                                       John A. Gavin
                                       Director
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/ RAY L. HUNT
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Ray L. Hunt
                                       Director
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/ J. LANDIS MARTIN
                                       ------------------------------
                                       J. Landis Martin
                                       Director
<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or 
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), 
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.



                                       /s/ JAY A. PRECOURT
                                       ------------------------------
                                       Jay A. Precourt
                                       Director

<PAGE>


                            POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


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

<PAGE>


                            POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


                                       /s/  WILLIAM E. BRADFORD
                                      ---------------------------------------
                                       William E. Bradford
                                       Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
                                       Officer and Director
                                       (Principal Executive Officer)


<PAGE>


                            POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


                                       /s/  GEORGE H. JUETTEN
                                      ----------------------------------
                                       George H. Juetten
                                       Vice President
                                       (Principal Financial Officer)


<PAGE>



                            POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


                                        /s/  LIONEL H. OLMER
                                       -----------------------------------
                                        Lionel H. Olmer
                                        Director


<PAGE>




                            POWER OF ATTORNEY


          KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned Director and/or
officer of DRESSER INDUSTRIES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby constitutes and appoints REBECCA R. MORRIS and ALICE A. HINDS 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, 1996, 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 16th day of January, 1997.


                                       /s/  DONALD C. VAUGHN
                                      -------------------------------
                                       Donald C. Vaughn
                                       Director