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 actually Vikings who had invaded and settled in the Normandy region of France for a few centuries. Richard Fitzgilbert de Clare known as Strongbow was a Norman Lord who came from England to Ireland at the urging of Diarmaid Mac Murchadha.