Ragnar Holm

Ragnar Holm (born 6 May 1879 in Skara, Sweden, died on 27 February 1970 at St. Marys, Pennsylvania, USA), was a Swedish physicist and researcher in electrical engineering, who was partially active in Germany and the United States.His book Electric Contacts, originally published in 1946,[3] is still used as a standard work in the field (in its fourth edition of 1967).[7] In 1963, Holm received the International Award from the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers.His funeral was held in Sweden at Skara Cathedral on the 14 August 1970 where his ashes were interred.[12] Since 1999, the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) has distributed the Ragnar Holm plaque to a young physicist at the beginning of the research career, after assessing dissertations and articles in physics, primarily related to Holm's previous research on electrical contacts.
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