Exhibit 24a



                          INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT


The  Board  of  Directors
New  Brunswick  Scientific  Co.,  Inc.

We  consent  to  incorporation  by reference in the registration statements (No.
33-70452,  No.  333-06029,  No.  33-16024,  No. 333-69202, No. 333-69206 and No.
333-69208) on Form S-8 of New Brunswick Scientific Co., Inc. of our report dated
February  18, 2003, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of New Brunswick
Scientific  Co., Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the
related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity, cash flows,
and  comprehensive  income (loss) for each of the years in the three-year period
ended  December  31,  2002,  and  related  schedule, which report appears in the
December  31,  2002, annual report on Form 10-K of New Brunswick Scientific Co.,
Inc.

Our  report  described  above  refers to a change in accounting for goodwill and
intangible  assets  in  2002.

/s/  KPMG  LLP

KPMG  LLP
Short  Hills,  New  Jersey
March  20,  2003