Registration No. 333-

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
     (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


               New York                              06-0490270
     (State or Other Jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
     Incorporation or Organization)          Identification Number)


                         761 MAIN AVENUE
                NORWALK, CONNECTICUT  06859-0001
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)



                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
                   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                    (Full Title of the Plan)


                        WILLIAM B. SAWCH
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
                         761 Main Avenue
                 Norwalk, Connecticut 06859-0001
                         (203) 762-1000
   (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)




                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


                                    Proposed  Proposed
                                    Maximum    Maximum
                          Amount   Offering   Aggregate  Amount of
Title of Securities to    to be    Price Per  Offering  Registration
     be Registered      Registered   Share    Price (1)    Fee

 Deferred Compensation
    Obligations (2)     $6,000,000   100%   $6,000,000     $ 1,668

1.     Estimated   solely   for  purposes  of   determining   the
   registration fee.

2. The    Deferred   Compensation   Obligations   are   unsecured
   obligations  of The Perkin-Elmer Corporation to  pay  deferred
   compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of The
   Perkin-Elmer Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.


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                             PART I

      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS


Item 1.   Plan Information.


Item 2.   Registrant  Information  and  Employee  Plan  Annual
          Information.



                             PART II

       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The   following   documents  filed  by  The   Perkin-Elmer
Corporation  (the  "Company") with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission   (the   "Commission")  are   incorporated   in   this
Registration Statement by reference:

          (1)   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1998.

          (2)   The  Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  for
the quarter ended September 30, 1998.

          (3)   The  Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K  filed
July 10, 1998 and September 24, 1998.

          (4)    The   contents  of  the  Company's  Registration
Statement  on  Form  S-8  (Registration No. 333-45187), including
"Description of Securities" (Item 4),"Interests of Named  Experts
and Counsel"(Item 5), "Indemnification of Directors and Officers"
(Item 6), and "Undertakings" (Item 9).

      All  documents  filed by the Company  with  the  Commission
pursuant  to   Sections   13(a),   13(c), 14, or  15(d)  of   the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, as  amended (the "1934 Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that  all  securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all  securities  then  remaining unsold shall  be  deemed  to  be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement  and  to
be  a  part  hereof from their respective dates of  filing  (such
documents,  and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided, however, that
the  documents  enumerated  above or subsequently  filed  by  the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d)  of  the
1934   Act  in   each   year    during     which   the   offering



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made  by  this Registration Statement is in  effect prior  to the
filing with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be
incorporated by  reference in this Registration Statement or be a
part hereof from and after the filing  of such  Annual  Report on
Form 10-K.

     Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be
deemed  to  be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of  this
Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained
herein  or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated  Document
modifies  or  supersedes such statement.  Any such  statement  so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or   superseded,  to  constitute  a  part  of  this  Registration
Statement.


Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.


Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.


Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.


Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.


Item 8.   Exhibits.

     Exhibit 4      - The Perkin-Elmer  Corporation Deferred
                    Compensation   Plan   (incorporated   by
                    reference to Exhibit 4  to the Company's
                    Registration   Statement  on  Form   S-8
                    (No. 333-45187)).

      Exhibit 5     - Opinion  of  Thomas P. Livingston, Esq.
                   (including Consent).

     Exhibit 23(1)  - Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


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     Exhibit 23(2)  -  Consent  of Thomas P. Livingston,Esq.
                   (included in Exhibit 5).


     Exhibit 24    - Power  of  Attorney (contained  on the
                   signature pages hereof).


Item 9.   Undertakings.

     Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.



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                           SIGNATURES


      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the  Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to  believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8  and
has  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on  its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Norwalk, State of Connecticut, on January 29, 1999.

                              THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION



                              By: /s/ William B. Sawch
                                  William B. Sawch
                                  Senior   Vice   President, General
                                  Counsel and Secretary


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY


      We,  the undersigned directors and officers of the Company,
do  hereby constitute and appoint Dennis L. Winger and William B.
Sawch,  or  either  of  them, our true and lawful  attorneys  and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on  our
behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute
any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated  below, which said attorneys and agents, or  either  of
them,  may deem necessary or advisable to enable said corporation
to  comply  with  the  Securities Act  of  1933  and  any  rules,
regulations  and  requirements of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  in  connection  with  this  Registration  Statement,
including   specifically,  but  without  limitation,  power   and
authority  to  sign  for us or any of us  in  our  names  in  the
capacities  indicated  below, any and all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments) hereto and we do  hereby  ratify  and
confirm  all that said attorneys and agents, or either  of  them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed  by  the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



/s/Tony L. White              Chairman   of   the   Board,    January 29, 1999
Tony L. White                 President and Chief
                              Executive Officer
                             (Principal Executive Officer)


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/s/Dennis L. Winger           Senior Vice  President  and     January 29, 1999
Dennis L. Winger              Chief Financial Officer
                             (Principal Financial Officer)


/s/Ugo D.DeBlasi              Corporate Controller            January 29, 1999
Ugo D. DeBlasi               (Principal Accounting
                              Officer)


/s/Joseph F. Abely, Jr.       Director                        January 29, 1999
Joseph F. Abely, Jr.


/s/Richard H. Ayers          Director                         January 29, 1999
Richard H. Ayers


/s/Jean Luc Belingard        Director                         January 29, 1999
Jean-Luc Belingard


/s/Robert H. Hayes          Director                          January 29, 1999
Robert H. Hayes


                            Director                          January __, 1999
Georges C. St. Laurent, Jr.


/s/Carolyn W. Slayman       Director                          January 29, 1999
Carolyn W. Slayman


/s/Orin R. Smith            Director                          January 29, 1999
Orin R. Smith

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                            EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.                    Exhibit

      5                Opinion of Thomas P. Livingston, Esq.

    23(1)              Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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Registration No. 333-

               SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                            FORM S-8
                     REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                              UNDER
                   THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
     (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

               New York                              06-0490270
     (State or Other Jurisdiction of            (I.R.S. Employer
     Incorporation or Organization)          Identification Number)

                         761 MAIN AVENUE
                NORWALK, CONNECTICUT  06859-0001
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices, including Zip Code)

                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
                   DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                    (Full Title of the Plan)

                        WILLIAM B. SAWCH
      Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                  THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION
                         761 Main Avenue
                 Norwalk, Connecticut 06859-0001
                         (203) 762-1000
   (Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Agent for Service)

                 CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

                                    Proposed  Proposed
                                    Maximum    Maximum
                          Amount   Offering   Aggregate  Amount of
Title of Securities to    to be    Price Per  Offering  Registration
     be Registered      Registered   Share    Price (1)    Fee

 Deferred Compensation
    Obligations (2)     $6,000,000   100%   $6,000,000     $ 1,668

1.     Estimated   solely   for  purposes  of   determining   the
   registration fee.

2. The    Deferred   Compensation   Obligations   are   unsecured
   obligations  of The Perkin-Elmer Corporation to  pay  deferred
   compensation in the future in accordance with the terms of The
   Perkin-Elmer Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan.

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PART I

      INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

Item 1.   Plan Information.

Item 2.   Registrant  Information  and  Employee  Plan  Annual
          Information.

                             PART II

       INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.   Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

       The   following   documents  filed  by  The   Perkin-Elmer
Corporation  (the  "Company") with the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission   (the   "Commission")  are   incorporated   in   this
Registration Statement by reference:

          (1)   The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for  the
fiscal year ended June 30, 1998.

          (2)   The  Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q  for
the quarter ended September 30, 1998.

          (3)   The  Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K  filed
July 10, 1998 and September 24, 1998.

          (4)    The   contents  of  the  Company's  Registration
Statement  on  Form  S-8  (Registration No. 333-45187), including
"Description of Securities" (Item 4),"Interests of Named  Experts
and Counsel"(Item 5), "Indemnification of Directors and Officers"
(Item 6), and "Undertakings" (Item 9).

      All  documents  filed by the Company  with  the  Commission
pursuant  to   Sections   13(a),   13(c), 14, or  15(d)  of   the
Securities  Exchange  Act  of 1934, as  amended (the "1934 Act"),
prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates
that  all  securities offered have been sold or which deregisters
all  securities  then  remaining unsold shall  be  deemed  to  be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement  and  to
be  a  part  hereof from their respective dates of  filing  (such
documents,  and the documents enumerated above, being hereinafter
referred to as "Incorporated Documents"); provided, however, that
the  documents  enumerated  above or subsequently  filed  by  the
Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14, and 15(d)  of  the
1934   Act  in   each   year    during     which   the   offering

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made  by  this Registration Statement is in  effect prior  to the
filing with the Commission of the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K covering such year shall not be Incorporated Documents or be
incorporated by  reference in this Registration Statement or be a
part hereof from and after the filing  of such  Annual  Report on
Form 10-K.

     Any statement contained in an Incorporated Document shall be
deemed  to  be  modified  or  superseded  for  purposes  of  this
Registration  Statement to the extent that a statement  contained
herein  or in any other subsequently filed Incorporated  Document
modifies  or  supersedes such statement.  Any such  statement  so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or   superseded,  to  constitute  a  part  of  this  Registration
Statement.

Item 4.   Description of Securities.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.

Item 5.   Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.

Item 6.   Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

          Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.

Item 7.   Exemption from Registration Claimed.

          Not applicable.

Item 8.   Exhibits.

     Exhibit 4      - The Perkin-Elmer  Corporation Deferred
                    Compensation   Plan   (incorporated   by
                    reference to Exhibit 4  to the Company's
                    Registration   Statement  on  Form   S-8
                    (No. 333-45187)).

      Exhibit 5     - Opinion  of  Thomas P. Livingston, Esq.
                   (including Consent).

     Exhibit 23(1)  - Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

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Exhibit 23(2)  -  Consent  of Thomas P. Livingston,Esq.
                   (included in Exhibit 5).

     Exhibit 24    - Power  of  Attorney (contained  on the
                   signature pages hereof).

Item 9.   Undertakings.

     Incorporated by reference.  See Item 3.

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SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
the  Company certifies that it has reasonable grounds to  believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8  and
has  duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on  its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Norwalk, State of Connecticut, on January 29, 1999.

                              THE PERKIN-ELMER CORPORATION

                              By: /s/ William B. Sawch
                                  William B. Sawch
                                  Senior   Vice   President, General
                                  Counsel and Secretary

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

      We,  the undersigned directors and officers of the Company,
do  hereby constitute and appoint Dennis L. Winger and William B.
Sawch,  or  either  of  them, our true and lawful  attorneys  and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our name and on  our
behalf in our capacities as directors and officers and to execute
any and all instruments for us and in our names in the capacities
indicated  below, which said attorneys and agents, or  either  of
them,  may deem necessary or advisable to enable said corporation
to  comply  with  the  Securities Act  of  1933  and  any  rules,
regulations  and  requirements of  the  Securities  and  Exchange
Commission,  in  connection  with  this  Registration  Statement,
including   specifically,  but  without  limitation,  power   and
authority  to  sign  for us or any of us  in  our  names  in  the
capacities  indicated  below, any and all  amendments  (including
post-effective  amendments) hereto and we do  hereby  ratify  and
confirm  all that said attorneys and agents, or either  of  them,
shall do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933,
this  Registration  Statement has been signed  by  the  following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

/s/Tony L. White              Chairman   of   the   Board,    January 29, 1999
Tony L. White                 President and Chief
                              Executive Officer
                             (Principal Executive Officer)

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/s/Dennis L. Winger           Senior Vice  President  and     January 29, 1999
Dennis L. Winger              Chief Financial Officer
                             (Principal Financial Officer)

/s/Ugo D.DeBlasi              Corporate Controller            January 29, 1999
Ugo D. DeBlasi               (Principal Accounting
                              Officer)

/s/Joseph F. Abely, Jr.       Director                        January 29, 1999
Joseph F. Abely, Jr.

/s/Richard H. Ayers          Director                         January 29, 1999
Richard H. Ayers

/s/Jean Luc Belingard        Director                         January 29, 1999
Jean-Luc Belingard

/s/Robert H. Hayes          Director                          January 29, 1999
Robert H. Hayes

                            Director                          January __, 1999
Georges C. St. Laurent, Jr.

/s/Carolyn W. Slayman       Director                          January 29, 1999
Carolyn W. Slayman

/s/Orin R. Smith            Director                          January 29, 1999
Orin R. Smith

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.                    Exhibit

      5                Opinion of Thomas P. Livingston, Esq.

    23(1)              Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP