1From Alexander Hamilton to Vicomte de Noailles, 5 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I observe that the French Regulations as well as those of several other countries adopt a fixed measure for the pace ( pas ) without regard to the velocity, which in the French code is two feet French . As the measures differ in different European establishments, I have been causing experiments to be made in order to discover if practicable, a standard in nature relatively to the medium sise...
2From Alexander Hamilton to Vicomte de Noailles, 13 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I find, by your reply to my inquiry, that I did not convey my meaning to you with sufficient perspicuity. I was aware that, in the French System, the length of the pace in the direct step is uniform without regard to the velocity—but I was desirous of knowing what mode of reasoning may have produced this uniformity—notwithstanding the fact that the length of the Step naturally increases with...