Why didn't Elrond destroy the One Ring? The Lord of the Rings | Middle Earth

According to Elrond's own account in The Lord of the Rings, when the Last Alliance of Elves and Men and Sauron were at war, Isildur cut off Sauron's finger and took the One Ring. But then he refused to destroy it in Orodruin, where it had been made. So why didn't Elrond destroy the One Ring there that day when he had the chance?

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00:00 intro
00:23 Last Alliance
01:43 The Origins of Isildur
03:57 Numenor's help
04:50 The moment of the incident
06:17 First reason
07:08 Second reason
09:04 Third reason