Alessandro Capra

Alessandro Capra (born 1620, date of death unknown) was an Italian architect and inventor. He was born in Cremona.
He studied architecture under Giacomo Erba. He invented a number of machines. From 1672-1682, he published three volumes on geometry and civil and military architecture. His two sons, Giusto and Domenica, worked on a number of hydraulic inventions.

Works

• Capra, Alessandro (1673). Geometria famigliare (in Italian). Giovanni Pietro Zanni. 

• Capra, Alessandro (1678). Nuova architettura famigliare (in Italian). Giacomo Monti. 

• Capra, Alessandro (1683). Nuova architettura militare (in Italian). Giacomo Monti. 

• Capra, Alessandro. Nuova architettura dell'agrimensura di terre e acque (in Italian). Paolo Puerone.