INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
Published on December 22, 1994
Exhibit 23
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
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The Board of Directors
Emerson Electric Co.:
We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement
Nos. 33-32576, 33-24034, 33-38805, 33-34948, 33-34633, 33-11521,
33-2739, 2-76653, 2-63717, 2-52671, and 2-44288 on Form S-8 and
Registration Statement No. 33-39109 on Form S-3 of Emerson
Electric Co. of our reports dated November 1, 1994, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Emerson Electric Co. and subsidiaries
as of September 30, 1994 and 1993, and the related consolidated
statements of earnings, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended September 30, 1994,
and all related schedules, which reports appear or are incorporated
by reference in the September 30, 1994 annual report on Form 10-K
of Emerson Electric Co. Our report refers to a change in accounting
for postretirement benefits other than pensions.
St. Louis, Missouri KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
December 21, 1994