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<p><b>Robert Thom</b> (1774 <a href="page.php?w=Tarbolton">Tarbolton</a>, South Ayrshire, Scotland - 1847) was a Scottish <a href="page.php?w=civil_engineer">civil engineer</a> who worked upon major hydraulic projects on the <a href="page.php?w=Isle_of_Bute">Isle of Bute</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Inverclyde">Inverclyde</a>.  On Bute, he created <a href="page.php?w=aqueduct_%28watercourse%29">aqueduct</a>s to increase the flow of water which powered the <a href="page.php?w=cotton_mill">cotton mill</a>s there, so that their capacity was increased.</p><p>
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