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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549
                                FORM 10-K/A No. 1

/x/      Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
         Exchange Act of 1934 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995

/ /      Transaction Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
         Act of 1934

                           Commission File No. 1-4018

                                DOVER CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

          Delaware                                      53-0257888
    (State of Incorporation)                (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

                       280 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code
(212) 922-1640

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

                                               Name of each exchange 
                Title of each class              on which registered

           Common stock, par value $1.        New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                Title of each class

          6.45% Notes due November 15, 2005


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Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during
the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was
required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing
requirements for the past ninety days. Yes No .

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405
of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and
will not be contained, to the best of Registrant's knowledge, in definitive
proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this
Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the
Registrant as of March 4, 1996 was $4,841,685. Registrant's price as reported on
the New York Stock Exchange Transaction for March 4, 1996 was $45.625 per share.

The number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common stock as of March 4,
1996 was 113,786,101.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Part I, II, and IV -   Certain portions of the annual report to Stockholders for
                       Fiscal Year Ended December 31,1995 (the "1995 Annual
                       Report").

Parts II, and III  -   Certain portions of the Proxy Statement for Annual 
                       Meeting to Be held on April 30, 1996 (the "1996 Proxy
                       Statement")

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         The undersigned Registrant hereby amends the following items, financial
statements, exhibits or other portions of its 1995 Annual Report on Form 10-K as
set forth in the pages attached hereto:

         Information, financial statements and exhibits required by Form 11-K
with respect to Dover Corporation Retirement Savings Plan for the year ended
December 31, 1995, pursuant to Rule 15d-21 under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934.


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                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this amendment to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

                                        DOVER CORPORATION

                                        By: /s/ Robert G. Kuhbach
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                                        Name: Robert G. Kuhbach
                                        Title: Vice President and Secretary

Dated:     June 27, 1996