In 1728, he launched The Present State of the Republick of Letters, a periodical which he edited until 1736, when it ceased; two volumes appeared each year.
[1] In 1732, Reid published an abridgment of Isaac Newton's The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, of which another edition appeared at Dublin in 1782.
In 1733, in with John Gray, he edited an Abridgment of the Philosophical Transactions from 1720 to 1732; it was published in two volumes.
[1] In 1747, Reid published a Letter to Dr. Hales concerning the Nature of Tar, and in 1767 an Essay on Logarithms, which he dedicated to his old friend John Gray.
[1] Elements of the Theory and Practice of Chymistry (appearing in 1775 as a third edition) was translation from a work by Pierre Joseph Macquer.