Snellen chart. A wall chart developed by a Dutch ophthalmologist Hermann Snellen in the 19th century, which is still used today to measure visual acuity. It consists of 11 lines of block letters of decreasing size, which are to be read at a distance of 6 metres (20 feet).
See bridge in maps. Pont de Normandie is a cable-stayed road bridge that crosses the river Seine and contect Le Havre to Honfleur in Normandy, in France. The bridge was designed by Michel Virlogeux. Construction began in 1988 and the bridge was opened in January 1995.
The Normans were people who lived in Normandy in Northern France. They were originally Vikings from Scandinavia. (The name Normandy comes from the French normand, meaning Norsemen and Normans) (The photographs below and throughout the following page were taken from the Battle of Hastings re-enactment in October 2006) The Normans lived in wattle and daub huts with thatched straw roofs.