ɪn ɐmˈɛɹɪkə hiː lˈɑːntʃt ɐ nˈuː wˈiːkli ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹɪŋ nˈuːzpeɪpɚ, ðɪ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ, bˌʌt ðɪs lˈæstᵻd ˈoʊnli ɐ fjˈuː mˈʌnθs ænd kˈoʊlbɜːn ɹᵻtˈɜːnd tʊ ˈɪŋɡlənd tə tˈeɪk ˌʌp hɪz pɹˈiːviəs pəzˈɪʃən æt ðɪ ˌɛndʒɪnˈɪɹ ɪn lˈʌndən.
In America he launched a new weekly engineering newspaper, The Engineer, but this lasted only a few months and Colburn returned to England to take up his previous position at The Engineer in London.