The taste of sugar of lead is not the sum of the tastes of its component elements, acetic acid and lead or its oxide; nor is the colour of green vitriol a mixture of the colours of sulphuric acid and copper.
"A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive (Vol. 1 of 2)"
John Stuart Mill
With acetic acid, what would be formed?
"An Introduction to Chemical Science"
R.P. Williams
The exterior is incrusted in lime salts, which are dissolved by adding some weak dilute acid, like acetic acid.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler