Daily Prompt: Folly

I remember in school when we were taught about Fulton’s Folly. Here is what I learned.

The history of steam engines dates back to the 1st century AD when the “aeolipile” was described by the Hero of Alexandria for the first time. More than 1500 years later, the primitive forms of turbines driven by the power of steam were explained by Taqi al-Din in 1551 as well as Giovanni Branca in 1629. These were either small steam jacks or escapement devices. They were mainly used by inventors to demonstrate that the power of steam shouldn’t be underestimated.