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                                UNITED STATES
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C. 20549

                                 SCHEDULE 13D

                  Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                              (Amendment No. 12)

                             ThermoTrex Corporation

                               (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
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                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   883666 10 9
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                           Seth H. Hoogasian, Esq.
                               General Counsel
                                (781)622-1000

                         Thermo Electron Corporation
                               81 Wyman Street
                            Waltham, MA 02454-9046

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 (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices
                             and Communications)


                               January 19, 1999
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           (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

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If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is
filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e),  13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g),  check the
following box [ ].
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            1              NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
                           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
                           Thermo Electron Corporation
                           IRS No. 04-2209186

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            2              CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A
                           GROUP*

                                                                       (a) [   ]
                                                                       (b) [   ]
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            3              SEC USE ONLY

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            4              SOURCE OF FUNDS*


                           WC

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            5              CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
                           IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) or 2(e)
                                                                           [   ]
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            6              CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION


                           State of Delaware

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 NUMBER OF SHARES     7    SOLE VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY
  OWNED BY EACH
 REPORTING PERSON          12,595,603
       WITH

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                      8    SHARED VOTING POWER


                           0

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                      9    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER


                           12,595,603

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                     10    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


                           0
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            11             AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING
                           PERSON

                           12,595,603

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            12             CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
                           EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*                        [   ]
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            13             PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 11


                           66.2%

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            14             TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *

                           CO
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      Thermo  Electron  Corporation  hereby amends its statement on Schedule 13D
relating to the shares (the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share,
of ThermoTrex Corporation (the "Issuer"), as set forth below.

Item 2.     Identity and Background

      Item 2 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

      This  Amendment  is  being  filed  by  Thermo  Electron  Corporation  (the
"Reporting  Person"),  pursuant  to Rule  13d-2,  to reflect an  increase in the
Reporting  Person's holdings of the Issuer's Shares since the Reporting Person's
last filing on Schedule 13D, in January 1999, of more than one percent.

      The Reporting  Person develops,  manufactures  and markets  analytical and
monitoring  instruments;  biomedical  products including  heart-assist  devices,
respiratory-care  equipment,  and mammography  systems;  and paper-recycling and
papermaking  equipment.  The Reporting  Person also develops  alternative-energy
systems  and clean  fuels,  provides a range of  services  including  industrial
outsourcing and  environmental-liability  management,  and conducts research and
development  in  advanced   imaging,   laser   communications,   and  electronic
information-management technologies.

      The  principal  business  address  and  principal  office  address  of the
Reporting  Person,  a  Delaware  corporation,   is  81  Wyman  Street,  Waltham,
Massachusetts 02454-9046.

      Appendix  A attached  to this  Amendment  sets forth with  respect to each
executive  officer and director of the Reporting Person his or her (a) name; (b)
residence or business address;  (c) present  principal  occupation or employment
and the  name,  principal  business  and  address  of any  corporation  or other
organization in which such employment is conducted; and (d) citizenship.  To the
knowledge of the Reporting Person,  there is no person who may be deemed to be a
controlling person of the Reporting Person.

      During  the last five  years,  neither  the  Reporting  Person nor (to the
knowledge  of the  Reporting  Person) any  executive  officer or director of the
Reporting Person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding  (excluding traffic
violations and similar misdemeanors).



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      During  the last five  years,  neither  the  Reporting  Person nor (to the
knowledge  of the  Reporting  Person) any  executive  officer or director of the
Reporting  Person  has  been a party  to a civil  proceeding  of a  judicial  or
administrative  body of competent  jurisdiction  which  resulted in a judgement,
decree or final order (i) enjoining  future  violations  of, or  prohibiting  or
mandating  activities  subject  to,  federal  or state  securities  laws or (ii)
finding a violation with respect to such laws.

Item 3.     Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

      Item 3 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

      The Reporting Person has expended  approximately  $3,000,000 in purchasing
Shares of the Issuer  since the date of its last filing on Schedule  13D.  These
funds were paid out of the Reporting Person's working capital.

Item 4.     Purpose of Transaction

      The second and third  paragraphs of Item 4 are hereby amended and restated
in their entirety as follows:

      The Reporting  Person may make purchases of Shares or other  securities of
the  Issuer  in  such  manner  and  in  such  amounts  as  it  determines  to be
appropriate. In determining whether to do so, the Reporting Person will consider
various  relevant  factors,  including its evaluation of the Issuer's  business,
prospects and financial condition, amounts and prices of available securities of
the  Issuer,  the  market  for  the  Issuer's  securities,  other  opportunities
available to the Reporting  Person and general  market and economic  conditions.
Purchases may be made either on the open market or directly from the Issuer.

      Except  as set  forth in this  Item 4 and Item 6,  neither  the  Reporting
Person nor, to the Reporting Person's  knowledge,  any of the executive officers
or directors of the Reporting  Person has any current  plans or proposals  which
relate to or would result in any of the actions specified in clauses (a) through
(j) of Item 4 of Schedule  13D,  although  the  Reporting  Person and such other
persons do not rule out the  possibility  of  effecting or seeking to effect any
such actions in the future.



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Item 5.     Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

      Items 5 (a) - (c) are hereby  amended and  restated  in their  entirety as
follows:

      (a)  The  Reporting  Person   beneficially  owns  12,595,603   Shares,  or
approximately 66.2% of the outstanding Shares. To the knowledge of the Reporting
Person,   the  executive   officers  and  directors  of  the  Reporting   Person
beneficially  own an  aggregate  of 188,841  Shares or  approximately  1% of the
outstanding  Shares.  To the  knowledge  of the  Reporting  Person,  the  Shares
beneficially  owned by all  executive  officers and  directors of the  Reporting
Person include 112,100 Shares that such persons have the right to acquire within
60 days through the exercise of stock options.  Ownership  information  for each
executive officer and director of the Reporting Person is set forth below.

Name                                            Number of Shares(1)
- ----                                            -------------------
John M. Albertine                                         6,000
Peter O. Crisp                                           40,288
Elias P. Gyftopoulos                                      6,000
George N. Hatsopoulos                                    44,889
John N. Hatsopoulos                                      23,844
Brian D. Holt                                                 0
Frank Jungers                                            12,500
Paul F. Kelleher                                          8,916
John T. Keiser                                                0
Theo Melas-Kyriazi                                        5,000
Earl R. Lewis                                                 0
Robert A. McCabe                                         11,500
Donald E. Noble                                           6,000
Robert W. O'Leary                                         1,500
Hutham S. Olayan                                          6,000
Peter G. Pantazelos                                       6,000

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William A. Rainville                                      1,797
Arvin H. Smith                                            1,967
Richard F. Syron                                              0
Roger D. Wellington                                       6,000
John W. Wood Jr.                                            640
All directors and current executive                     188,841
officers as a group (21 persons)

     (1) Shares reported as beneficially owned by Dr. Albertine,  Mr. Crisp, Dr.
Gyftopoulos,  Dr. G. Hatsopoulos, Mr. J. Hatsopoulos, Mr. Jungers, Mr. Kelleher,
Mr.  Melas-Kyriazi,  Mr.  McCabe,  Mr.  Noble,  Ms.  Olayan,  Mr.  O'Leary,  Mr.
Wellington,  and all directors and executive  officers as a group include 6,000,
7,600, 6,000, 30,000,  21,000,  6,000, 5,000, 5,000, 6,000, 6,000, 6,000, 1,500,
6,000 and 112,100 Shares, respectively, that such person or members of the group
have the right to acquire within 60 days.

While certain directors and executive  officers of the Reporting Person are also
directors  and  officers of the Issuer,  all such  persons  disclaim  beneficial
ownership of the Shares owned by the Reporting Person.

      (b) The Reporting  Person and the executive  officers and directors of the
Reporting Person have the sole power to vote and dispose of the Shares each such
person owns, except as follows:  Shares  beneficially owned by Mr. Crisp and all
directors and executive  officers as a group include 3,564 full Shares allocated
to Mr. Crisp's account maintained pursuant to the Issuer's deferred compensation
plan for directors.  Shares beneficially owned by Dr. G. Hatsopoulos include 160
Shares  held by his  spouse.  Shares  beneficially  owned by Ms.  Olayan  do not
include 10,000 Shares owned by Crescent Growth Fund Ltd., a member of the Olayan
Group which is indirectly  controlled  by Mr.  Suliman S. Olayan,  Ms.  Olayan's
father.  Ms.  Olayan  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  of the  Shares  owned by
Crescent Growth Fund Ltd.

      (c) The  Reporting  Person has effected the  following  transactions  with
respect to the Shares during the past 60 days:



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    Date           Amount        Price Per Share           Transfer Type
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01/11/99      15,800           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/12/99      14,400           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/13/99      15,400           $8.4375             Open Market Purchase
01/13/99      25,000           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/14/99       4,700           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/15/99      48,200           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/15/99       8,000           $8.375              Open Market Purchase
01/15/99       1,000           $8.4375             Open Market Purchase
01/19/99      60,000           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/20/99       3,600           $8.25               Open Market Purchase
01/20/99       6,400           $8.375              Open Market Purchase
01/20/99      50,000           $8.50               Open Market Purchase
01/21/99      60,000           $8.375              Open Market Purchase
01/27/99      47,000           $7.00               Open Market Purchase


      To the  knowledge of the  Reporting  Person,  the  executive  officers and
directors of the Reporting Person have effected no transactions in the Shares in
the past 60 days.

     Item 6.  Contracts,  Arrangements,  Understandings  or  Relationships  with
respect to Securities of the Issuer.

      The second  paragraph  of Item 6 is hereby  amended  and  restated  in its
entirety as follows:

      Of the 12,595,603 Shares  beneficially  owned by the Reporting Person, (i)
370,370  Shares are issuable to the Reporting  Person if it elects to convert in
full its  convertible  subordinated  debentures  of the Issuer  and (ii)  83,800
Shares are subject to options to acquire  such Shares  granted by the  Reporting
Person  pursuant to its director and employee stock option plans.  The executive
officers and directors of the Reporting Person have the right,  pursuant to such
options, to acquire 43,500 Shares. In addition, the following executive officers
and directors of the Reporting  Person have the right to acquire shares from the
Issuer  pursuant to the Issuer's  director and employee stock option plans:  Dr.
George N. Hatsopoulos has the right to acquire 30,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr.
John N.  Hatsopoulos  has the right to acquire 21,000 Shares within 60 days; Mr.
Peter O. Crisp has the right to acquire 7,600 Shares within 60 days; Mr. Paul F.
Kelleher  has the right to acquire  5,000  Shares  within 60 days;  and Mr. Theo
Melas-Kyriazi has the right to acquire 5,000 shares within 60 days.



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Signature

      After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of its knowledge and belief, the
Reporting  Person  certifies that the information set forth in this statement is
true, complete and correct.



Date: February 4, 1999                  THERMO ELECTRON CORPORATION



                                        By:  /s/ Theo Melas-Kyriazi
                                             ---------------------------------
                                             Theo Melas-Kyriazi
                                             Vice President and
                                             Chief Financial Officer




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      Appendix A is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

                                   APPENDIX A

      The following  individuals  are executive  officers or directors of Thermo
Electron  Corporation  ("Thermo  Electron").  Unless  otherwise  noted, all such
individuals  are citizens of the United  States.  Unless  otherwise  noted,  the
business address of each executive officer and director of Thermo Electron is 81
Wyman Street, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454-9046.



John M. Albertine:                           Director, Thermo Electron

      Dr.  Albertine  is  Chairman of the Board and Chief  Executive  Officer of
Albertine Enterprises,  Inc., an economic and public policy consulting firm. His
business  address is Albertine  Enterprises,  Inc., 1156 15th Street N.W., Suite
505, Washington, DC 20005.

Peter O. Crisp:                              Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr. Crisp was, until August 1997, a General Partner of Venrock  Associates,
a venture capital investment firm.

Elias P. Gyftopoulos:                        Director, Thermo Electron

     Dr.  Gyftopoulos is Professor  Emeritus of the  Massachusetts  Institute of
Technology. His business address is Massachusetts Institute of Technology,  Room
24-109, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139.

Frank Jungers:                               Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  Jungers is a consultant on business and energy  matters.  His business
address is 822 NW Murray, Suite 242, Portland, Oregon 97229.

Robert A. McCabe:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr. McCabe is President of Pilot Capital  Corporation,  a firm specializing
in private  investment and acquisition  services.  His business address is Pilot
Capital Corporation, 444 Madison Avenue, Suite 2103, New York, New York 10022.

Donald E. Noble:                             Director, Thermo Electron

      For more than 20 years,  from 1959 to 1980,  Mr. Noble served as the Chief
Executive Officer of Rubbermaid, Incorporated, first with the title of President
and  then  as  Chairman  of  the  Board.  His  business  address  is  Rubbermaid
Incorporated, 1147 Akron Road, Wooster, Ohio 44691.

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Robert W. O'Leary:                           Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr. O'Leary is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Premier, Inc., a
strategic healthcare alliance.  His business address is Premier,  Inc., 12225 El
Camino Real, San Diego, California 92130.

Hutham S. Olayan:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Ms. Olayan is the President  and a director of Olayan  America  Corporation
and  President  of  Competrol  Real Estate  Limited,  firms  engaged in advisory
services and private  real estate  investments.  Her  business  address is Suite
1100,  505 Park Avenue,  New York,  New York 10022.  Ms.  Olayan is a citizen of
Saudi Arabia.

Richard F. Syron:                            Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  Syron has served as the Chairman  and Chief  Executive  Officer of the
American Stock Exchange since 1994. Mr. Syron was President and Chief  Executive
Officer of the Federal  Reserve  Bank of Boston from 1989 to 1994.  His business
address is 86 Trinity Place, New York, New York 10006.

Roger D. Wellington:                         Director, Thermo Electron

     Mr.  Wellington is the President and Chief Executive  Officer of Wellington
Consultants,  Inc. and of Wellington  Associates,  Inc.,  international business
consulting firms.

George N. Hatsopoulos:                       Director, Chairman of the Board
                                             and Chief Executive Officer, 
                                             Thermo Electron

John N. Hatsopoulos:                         Director and Vice-Chairman of
                                             the Board, Thermo Electron

Theo Melas-Kyriazi:                          Chief Financial Officer & Vice
                                             President, Thermo Electron

Mr. Melas-Kyriazi is a citizen of Greece.

Peter G. Pantazelos:                         Executive Vice President,
                                             Corporate Development, Thermo
                                             Electron

Arvin H. Smith:                              President, Thermo Electron
                                             
Earl R. Lewis:                               Chief Operating Officer,
                                             Instrumentation
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William A. Rainville:                        Chief Operating Officer,
                                             Recycling and Recovery Systems

John W. Wood Jr.:                            Senior Vice President, Thermo
                                             Electron

Paul F. Kelleher:                            Senior Vice President, Finance &
                                             Administration and Chief
                                             Accounting Officer, Thermo
                                             Electron

Brian D. Holt:                               Chief Operating Officer,
                                             Environmental and Energy

John T. Keiser:                              Chief Operating Officer,
                                             Biomedical and New Technologies



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