Adidas provides height, width and depth (in inches only), but no volume. I haven't looked at others.
By the way, the U.S. term is backpack, which is in fact pure English (at least to the extent that anything is). Rucksack is unchanged from the German word. Haversack is of French derivation. For those who don't know, the British generally use the term rucksack for a big back pack, usually with a frame, and haversack for a smaller one, usually without a frame. (At least, that was the usage when I left there, 46 years ago.) Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Behalf Of Chris KEENAN >Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 10:41 >To: U.S. Metric Association >Subject: [USMA:26855] Re: Questions > > >On 2003 Sep 05 Friday 04:04, Pat Naughtin wrote: >... >> >> All refrigerators here are described in terms of their volume in >litres, As >> a rule of thumb, when you are buying a household >refrigerator/freezer, you >> can estimate your needs by allowing 200 litres for two people plus 20 >> litres for each additional member of your family. > >It's now also the norm here for rucksacks/haversacks etc. to be >expressed in >litres. Has that caught on in the US yet? (I assume it's normal elsewhere.) > >-- >Chris KEENAN >UK Metric Association >www.metric.org.uk
