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Correction for the height of General Tom Thumb

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How long is 2.10 paces?
It's about one-and-four-fifths times as tall as General Tom Thumb
The height of General Tom Thumb is about 1.20 paces.
(a.k.a. Charles Sherwood Stratton) (1838-1883) (circus performer; height at death)
General Tom Thumb was an LP with a height (at his death) of 1.20 paces. Thumb stopped growing at 0.840 paces when he was five years old, but resumed growth in his teens which continued through the remainder of his life.
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